[Info-vax] Why so much Unix envy?

[David Froble]

Johnny Billquist wrote:

> This whole thread started because someone complained about the 
> difficulty in porting some software to VMS since the programmer were so 
> Unix-centric in their coding, and I just pointed out that they should 
> not throw stones in glass houses, as programs written under VMS was not 
> written with any more portability in mind.

Ya know, if everyone had written portable code, VMS would have been 
abandoned long ago, and there would not be any business case for VSI.

So, let's hear it for non-portable code.

Hip, hip, hurrah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!