[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[P. Sture]

In article <GZxA0FMEhsxA at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
 koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (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 can change that to VMS and DECWindows and I am Guilty as Charged :-)

-- 
Paul Sture