[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[JF Mezei]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:

> Which brings us right back to the original topic.  The shell is not "the
> standard Unix user interface" it is merely an application that runs on
> top of the OS and offers features that some users find useful.


OS encompasses the kernel as well as the environment that is bundled
with the OS to allow the user to interact with the OS.

I think you are confusing kernel with operating system.  EV/TPU is not
part ofthe VMS core/kernel, but it is part of the operating system.

vi is not part of the unix kernel, but it is part of the unix operating
system.