[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[Bob Eager]

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:44:22 -0500, Bob Koehler wrote:

> 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.

You fall into the trap of thinking that all 'UNIX' is UNIX. Which 
particular UNIX were you thinking of?

Lots has changed - more than VMS has. I would dispute the kernel and file 
system statements, for a start.



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