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   Message 263,822 of 264,096   
   bill to gcalliet   
   Re: VMS/XDE intro   
   26 Nov 25 09:51:17   
   
   From: bill.gunshannon@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/26/2025 3:25 AM, gcalliet wrote:   
   >   
   > The next question is a consequence. What level of opening, documenting,   
   > offering access for that? It's somehow strange offering a proprietary   
   > tool on Linux: cultural conflict?   
   >   
      
   Not really.  Oracle, SPSS, Minitab, MATLAB.  And I am sure there are   
   a pile more of proprietary programs that run on Linux.  There is a   
   big difference between Operating Systems and applications.  Without   
   applications Linux never would have survived.   
      
   bill   
      
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