Re: [edlug] Is Open Source a Viable Business Alternative?

[Andrew Ramage <nrsc16850@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

VM = Virtual Machine for IBM operating systems.  I remember using an IBM 
4331 running VM/CMS.  Each terminal ran in its own Virtual Machine, on 
top of which there was the more user-friendly CMS operating system.

Greg Lewin wrote:

> Peter G. Hancock wrote:
>
> > I don't remember that. 
> > About 20 years ago they were doing lots of things I thought were cool.
> > Particularly re-engineering CICS using formal specifications (Z). 
> > Anything of any interest in transaction processing seemed to be done 
> > by IBM people.  They invented VM.  
>
>
> What VM - do you mean Virtual Memory? I thought that was invented in 
> the UK, at Manchester.
>
> I guess any two-letter acronym runs a heavy risk of being overloaded.
>
> It probably is true that IBM is involved in real research (e.g. 
> nanotechnology - the IBM logo written in atoms was very impressive) 
> whereas M$ is basically a marketing outfit first and foremost.
>
> G
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Andrew

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