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

[VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG]

In article <4B40C18A.2050202 at planet.nl>, Wilm Boerhout <w6.boerhout at planet.nl> writes:
>VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG mentioned  on 3-1-2010 16:48:
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>>>> You're saying that a .DOC is XML?  I thought it was proprietary M$ W(ei)RD.
>>>>
>>> You can use any extension you like and it has little or nothing to to 
>>> with the file contents.  Programs will make assumptions about format and 
>>> content based on the extension but don't let that limit your creativity!
>> 
>> Well, VMS doesn't and that brings this back to being a VMS thread.
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>With VMS, you can indeed $RUN any file, but the OS sort of assumes, no 
>strike this anthropomorphic description, and instead use: ... but you 
>get the most benefit out of a $RUN command if the file you $RUN is 
>indeed an executable.

Correct but the file can be called anything.

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