[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Richard B. Gilbert]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <NN2dnTzv5dZFCKPWnZ2dnUVZ_jednZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>> In article <THs%m.3839$Gf3.3352 at newsfe22.iad>, "John Vottero" <JVottero at mvpsi.com> writes:
>>>> <VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote in message 
>>>> news:00A96DAF.7B635EAD at SendSpamHere.ORG...
>>>>> In article <CR6%m.10040$0U1.5380 at newsfe16.iad>, "John Vottero" 
>>>>> <JVottero at mvpsi.com> writes:
>>>>>> "Michael Kraemer" <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:hhcfhb$6hu$00$1 at news.t-online.com...
>>>>>>> Arne Vajhøj schrieb:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> MS is just another company trying to make as much money as possible.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are ethical and unethical ways to make money.
>>>>>>> It is (almost) always M$ that forces proprietary
>>>>>>> formats.
>>>>>> Are you suggesting that is is unethical to create proprietary systems?
>>>>>> Doesn't that make OpenVMS unethical?
>>>>> If that's its definition, then WEENDOZE is very much unethical.
>>>>>
>>>>> I still fail to understand how people mistake ubiquity with openness.
>>>> I agree!  Windows and OpenVMS are both proprietary operating systems which 
>>>> is one of the attributes that makes them GOOD!
>>> You mean, it's the attribute that makes one of them good.  WEENDOZE can
>>> never be considered good; not even poor!  Crap is the proper adjective
>>> to describe WEENDOZE.
>>>
>> You are living in the past Brian!  W/XP is quite usable and I have been 
>> using it for several years now.  W/2K wasn't all that bad either.  I ran 
>> Windows 2.x so I know what "bad" *IS*!!
> 
> Even the newest version -- WEENDOZE 7 Deadly Sins -- looks cheese on the
> few I've checked out at the Staples, Best Buys, etc.  You'd think that a
> company with all that money could and would hire at least one decent art-
> ist to make its product not look pale next to Super Mario Brothers.
> 

Picky, picky, picky!  I don't use Windows for it's looks.  I use it to 
read my mail and newsgroups.  Sometimes I even send mail.  Once a month 
I print checks to pay my bills.

What, for example, is Windows going to do with e-mail that has a 
photograph as an attachment?  That's right! It will display the text and 
the photograph!  What will VMS do with the same message?  It *might* 
succeed in rendering the text.  The photograph?  Forget it!

If I want to do some programming I crank up Reflection 4 
(VT-100/200/300/400/etc. emulation) and connect to my VAX or Alpha 
systems.  I have a real VT-510 terminal but I seldom use it for 
anything; the PC and Reflection is a lot more convenient.