[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[David Froble]

ChrisQ wrote:
> On 08/20/12 21:17, David Froble wrote:
> 
>>
>> Address the merits of Unix ..
> 
> One of the great strengths of unix is that it is a system designed from the
> start for programmers to be productive. The terse command and utility 
> set may
> be a steep learning curve, but save so much time when you are familiar with
> them. The overall philosophy of a single tool to do one job, with the 
> ability
> to trivially pipe the output from one command to another could not be 
> simpler
> in concept, but has real power to to do serious work.
> 
> Now compare that with vms, which has limited functionality as shipped, a
> laboured command language, very expensive software dev tools and 
> languages and
> there's really no argument as to which is the better for software 
> development.
> VMS is a system designed for mission critical work, with reliability 
> stressed
> over wide functionality and ease of use.

Having zero experience with Unix, I cannot make those comparisons.  However, I 
find that VMS has a rich and robust development environment.  Yes, compilers do 
have a price.

Or maybe I just don't get out much ....

And I will admit, item lists can sometimes be a bit confusing, but can also be 
rather versatile.