[Info-vax] Current VMS engineering quality, was: Re: What's VMS up to these

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote:

(snip)
> It is possible that Bell labs collaborated with Berkele to develop Unix?
> or did they develop it all on their own with Berkeley developing their
> "me too" copy that was not as hindered with copyright ?

As well as I understand it, Berkeley did all the TCP/IP stuff that
went into Unix. Originally only licensed Unix users could use it.

Now, we might not be writing this on a TCP/IP based newsgroup 
service without it.

>> 3) Not that I'm a fan of Al Gore, but, hasn't that joke worn 
>> out yet?  All the man said was that he was involved in the 
>> funding for R&D and implementation.

As well as I understand it, he was more than just a little 
involved, but a big proponent. 

-- glen