[Info-vax] Whither VMS?
Bob Koehler
koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org
Mon Sep 14 10:44:22 EDT 2009
In article <7gvj6hF2ricj3U4 at mid.individual.net>, Bob Eager <rde42 at spamcop.net> writes:
>
> 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)! :-)
Why? The kernel design, file system design, and basic user interface
design hasn't changed since 16 bit UNIX.
Don't bother with X11 as a claim to a better user interface. The
fist thing UNIX users do with an X11 interface is bring up a shell
window.
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