[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

[Bob Koehler]

In article <b08c69e6-5f41-48e5-b0a0-a45c845066d6 at fw24g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>, AEF <spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> writes:

> It's still illogical, and computers are logical. Therefore, it is
> illogical to use an illogical term to describe a logical entity.

   Your argument is nonsequitur.

   Computers may be logical, but language is a product of illogical
   humans.  Language does not have to be logical, and I know of none
   that is.

> 
> So what exactly is the appeal of the term VAXen?

   Decades of use.
> 
> Searching cov for VAXen and VAXes and "VAX systems"
> 
> 10,100 results for vaxen
>  5,180 results for vaxes
>  3,150 results for "vax systems"

   Sure looks like VAXen wins to me, almost 2:1.