[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

Bob Eager rde42 at spamcop.net
Fri Sep 11 14:28:33 EDT 2009


On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:46:35 +0200, Michael Kraemer wrote:

> Paul Anderson schrieb:
> 
> 
>> Unix is older than VMS but don't confuse me with the facts.  ;-)
> 
> At worst the difference is a few years only (and don't confuse Multics
> with Unix), which is insignificant in hindsight of 30* years.

Anyway, 32 bit UNIX didn't arrive until *after* VMS. One would have to 
compare early UNIX (even on the PDP-11) with 16 bit VMS (or RSX-11, as we 
know it)! :-)



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