[Info-vax] Slow FTP transfer Linux -> VMS

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article <1oCdnbnO3q7AdQfXnZ2dnUVZ_qWdnZ2d at earthlink.com>,
> 	"Michael D. Ober" <obermd. at .alum.mit.edu.nospam.> writes:
>>> Ahh - finally someone who responds with the same BS as when a Windows user
>>> posted similar FTP problems recently.  FTP to one VMS box was slow but to 
>>> another VMS box it was fast.  The response then was don't use Windows - 
>>> use any other OS.  This sounds like there is a misconfiguration on the 
>>> slow VMS box.
>>>
>>> Mike Ober.
>>>
>> Let me clarify my position - most of us who have VMS have to make it work 
>> with other OSs - Windows, Linux, MacOS-X, Unix, etc.  When this integration 
>> fails, we don't expect someone to tell us that we shouldn't use the OS we're 
>> using.  Many times we don't have that option.  If Digital had been able to 
>> market themselves and their OSs we might all have a technically superior OS 
>> on the desktop and across the internet.  As it is, we don't.  Even if HP 
>> gets serious and brings VMS up to current standards for interoperability and 
>> sells enough to entice ISVs to write new applications and port existing 
>> applications to VMS, VMS must still interoperate with other OSs.
>>
>> Don't tell those of use who must work with multiple OSs not to use other 
>> OSs.
> 
> I have nothing against other OSes, but when the most likely cause of
> the problem is the implementation the only real solution is to find
> an OS that got it right.  If you have no choice but use Linux than
> tune to your hearts content but be prepared for the performance to
> always lag behind everyone else's.
> 
> bill
> 

Is there some reason not to fix Linux?  Last I heard it was open source.