[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <7h2k1uF2ricj3U12 at mid.individual.net>,
	Bob Eager <rde42 at spamcop.net> writes:
> 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.

What does the size of a word have to do with the whole discussion?
Or do you think that 32 bit Unix should have been created before
there was a machine to run it on?   I guess a good question would
be was VMS officially released before the first VAX implementation
of Unix was competed?

> 
>> But Linux isn't and people actually think that makes it better.
> 
> Linux isn't UNIX. It's a jumped up UNIX wannabe.
 
And where in the above statement did I say Linux is Unix?  If you
read here often you would know that I have always stated that Linux
is an inferior attempt to clone Unix.  I was merely point out that
the average person in this industry today places little value on
research and thinks younger is better. 

bill

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