I have three questions:

First of all, what's open about your Open Architecture Control. Private proprietary offerings on a proprietary platform are not
open or in the public interest.

Second: Why are our limited public tax dollars wasted on software and services provided by an adjudged monopoly. This is not in the public interest either.

Third: What can you do to help out the only automation project I know of that is publicly owned and operated in the public interest. All our software is freely distributable and free as in free beer.

Shouldn't that be a priority over OMAC and the Microsoft Corporation? I think these billion dollar megacorps can afford their own research.

Regards

cww


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Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 13:41:02 -0400
To: [email protected]
From: Larry Reeker <[email protected]>
Subject: Fwd: Re: What's Open About It ?
Cc: [email protected], Curt Wuollet <[email protected]>

Frederick,

&lt;[email protected]> directed this inquiry to me, but the terminology is not from ITL. It is a clear reference to the Open Architecture Control
program in your division. So you would be the best person - or know who is - to answer it.

Larry

Larry H. Reeker, Ph.D.
Senior Computer Scientist
Office of the Director, Information Technology Lab
National Institute of Standards & Technology
Mailing Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8901
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8901


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>To: Curt Wuollet &lt;[email protected]> (by way of Inquiries
>&lt;[email protected]>)
>From: Larry Reeker &lt;[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: What's Open About It ?
>
>At 12:47 PM 8/14/01 -0400, you wrote:
>>I have three questions:
>>
>>First of all, what's open about your Open Architecture Control.
>>Private proprietary offerings on a proprietary platform are not
>>open or in the public interest.
>>
>>Second: Why are our limited public tax dollars wasted on software
>>and services provided by an adjudged monopoly. This is not in the
>>public interest either.
>>
>>Third: What can you do to help out the only automation project I
>>know of that is publicly owned and operated in the public interest.
>>All our software is freely distributable and free as in free beer.
>>
>>Shouldn't that be a priority over OMAC and the Microsoft Corporation?
>>I think these billion dollar megacorps can afford their own research.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>cww
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Free Tools!
>>Machine Automation Tools (LinuxPLC) Free, Truly Open & Publicly Owned
>>Industrial Automation Software For Linux. mat.sourceforge.net.
>>Day Job: Heartland Engineering, Automation & ATE for Automotive Rebuilders.
>>Consultancy: Wide Open Technologies: Moving Business & Automation to Linux.

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