[Info-vax] 2009 VMS Bootcamp notice

[Johnny Billquist]

Michael Kraemer wrote:
> JF Mezei schrieb:
>> Michael Kraemer wrote:
>>
>>
>>> If windoze is so crappy, then why do we hear all the time
>>> in this group
>>> how happy people are running VMS emulators on top of it ?
>>> I mean, the emulation can only be as good as the host
>>> running beneath, no ?
>>> And why are so many people here happy with windoze as
>>> a surrogate for a native VMS desktop ?
>>> (Some even complain about such desktop apps being published)
>>
>>
>>
>> We love VMS. It is hard to lot go of a loved one. We all know it its
>> owners have inflicted it with a terminal disease and it has but one way
>> to go: down. But as with loved ones, we keep hoping a miracle will
>> happen and its owner will turn around and deside to allow VMS to succeed.
>>
> (snip)
> 
> Does not answer my question, which wasn't about HP mistreating VMS.
> It was about the schizophrenic mindset
> to bash Windoze on the one hand, and recommend Windoze-based VMS
> over the real thing on the other.

Maybe not as schizophrenic as you might think at first glance. It's not 
the same individuals advocating the two views. :-)

Me? I run some VMS occasionally. It's been a long time since I worked 
with it professionally. (On the other hand, I still work with RSX 
professionally). But I really stay away from Windows all the same.

	Johnny

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