[Info-vax] "Shanghai Stock Exchange" and OpenVMS

[Richard B. Gilbert]

John Smith (not the one @ HP) wrote:
> "Tim E. Sneddon" <tesneddon at bigpond.com> wrote in message 
> news:lyCel.14048$cu.12576 at news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> In article 
>>> <05b548fd-8d1f-48c9-80c4-777bf5f6c37c at q35g2000vbi.googlegroups.com>,
>>> AEF <spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> writes:
>>>> Wait a minute. Are you limiting this discussion to front-end and home
>>>> use? What about VMS as a back-end?
>>> No, backend machines have users, too.  What's a machine without users? A
>>> doorstop?  But, "right out of the box" VMS has no applications at all.
>>> Oh wait, I guess you get TPU.
>> Oh come now, don't forget TECO! You get an editor, a game
>> platform and an interpreted, portable, programming language
>> all in one! Isn't that what everyone else uses VMS for...?
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> TECO - best ever editor for working over x.25 when we were being charged by 
> the kilobyte for traffic.
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and the ability to delete all your files with a single keystroke?

I'll trade some of the power for more user friendliness!!