[Info-vax] The best VMS features, was: Re: openvms renaming file

[Simon Clubley]

On 2018-05-27, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 5/27/2018 10:14 PM, Kerry Main wrote:
>> 
>> Are you sure about this?
>> 
>> As part of the OS install?
>
> That is what they claim.
>

It is. You get several options offered when setting up a new Linux system.

>> 
>> Still a separate DB not integrated or maintained by the native platform provider as Simon was requesting.
>
> Patched, build, put in platform repo and configured for platform
> by platform provider.
>
> I think that is exactly what Simon is requesting.
>

Yes. Linux ships with multiple databases that are integrated into
a vendor's Linux distribution and fully supported by that vendor
for version and security updates.

Simon.

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