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To: BGR who wrote (80882)	11/17/1998 10:16:00 AM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176388

Apratim - What is OSS? OSS is Open Source Software, a development methodology where the source code is available to every user, with the constraint that any modifications must also be made available. This development methodology has grown rapidly with the use if the internet and is the basis of the Linux system, which really started as an OSS example. Also, if the conflict between low and high end UNIX is really imaginary, why don't you see Linux replacing industrial strength UNIX? One of the problems with OSS is that it is essentially a 'fast follower' methodology, since there is no easy way to define design goals or control development efforts which go well beyond the current designs. Also, there is no business case for new features, so 'cool stuff' gets done before the things businesses need. Finally, big-time enterprise support is non-existent for OSS teams. Many OSS proponents will say that the paradigm is new and these issues will be addressed as the medium matures. Maybe so but not any time soon - and I expect that the process will actually go the other way, into anarchy. Finally, do you see CPQ supporting and more importantly enhancing Alpha UNIX in future? Yes, I expect that CPQ will add a range of common components for developers to Unix, and to the VMS and Himalaya systems, to allow development of applications that will run across all of those environments. The former DEC Unix is probably the best architecturally. It is based on the MACH kernel rather than the AT&T or BSD kernels, so it has an advanced microkernel architecture which assures higher performance. It also has been 64 bit since it was first written, so it has a big edge in stability on 64 bit applications. CPQ's strategy here is very strong - it allows users who have mixed environments to concentrate on application development without any worries about what platforms will eventually remain to ruin those apps on.