[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[Bob Eager]

On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:48:45 +0000, Bill Gunshannon wrote:

> In article
> <paulranderson-A9E29B.08433211092009 at newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com>,
> 	Paul Anderson <paulranderson at charter.net> writes:
>> In article <00632aa4$0$30091$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>,
>>  JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote:
>> 
>>> HP clearly doesn't see a future for VMS and some VPs have already
>>> alluded to the fact that it is an old operating system (now that it is
>>> more than 30 years old).
>> 
>> Unix is older than VMS but don't confuse me with the facts.  ;-)

Only if you compare 16 bit UNIX and 323 bit VMS. Compare 32 bit UNIX (a 
lot different) and they're much the same.

> But Linux isn't and people actually think that makes it better.

Linux isn't UNIX. It's a jumped up UNIX wannabe.


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