[Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Bob Eager wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:28:42 UTC, "Richard B. Gilbert" 
> <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> What would you cite as an example of a "modern" file system?  Most Unix 
>> systems won't even commit your file to disk until they get around to it. 
>>   One of the nice things about VMS is that what you write to disk is 
>> actually committed to disk within a few seconds.  A power failure does 
>> not always require repairs to a VMS file system;
> 
> I agree with all of the above. But it does certainly affect performance.
> I am willing to accept the lower performance in exchange for 
> reliability.
> 
>> something that can't be 
>> said for Unix.  Unix provides no means to create a contiguous file; just 
>> splatter it all over the disk!.  Even <obligatory retching noises> 
>> Windows has a utility to make your files and free space contiguous. 
>> Unix just doesn't care.
> 
> Why does every thread have to turn into a UNIX hate-fest? It's another 
> case of "system A has this and system B doesn't", which is meaningless 
> because system B has stuff that system A doesn't have.
> 

I don't hate Unix.  It's very handy for some things.  It's a PITA in 
some other ways.  I use it when it's the tool for the job.  I also use 
Linux, VMS and Windows/XP where appropriate.