Definition of open
Definition of open
Posted Oct 24, 2010 9:47 UTC (Sun) by man_ls (guest, #15091)In reply to: Gould: Oracle to Red Hat: It's Not Your Father's Linux Market Anymore by Wol
Parent article: Gould: Oracle to Red Hat: It's Not Your Father's Linux Market Anymore
That makes no sense. Under which definition is Microsoft Windows open? Because that definition is plainly wrong. Windows is proprietary in most senses of the word: proprietary code, development, API, filesystems, trademark, patents, you name it. Only the existence of free software clones and the fact that you can develop for the platform without telling Microsoft leaves a door to say "open" if you are cheeky enough. And only some aberrations such as Apple iOS (closed platform) or Oracle Java (reimplement and you are sued) can claim to be more closed.
From another point of view: in which sense are the old proprietary Unices more closed?