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

[Robert A. Brooks]

On 5/29/2018 12:35 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> (Michael Moroney) writes: 
> 
>>>>> EDT,
>>>>
>>>> You are kidding, right ?
>>
>>> Not at all.
>>
>> People love EDT or despise it.
>>
>> I mentioned this before but I will repeat it. A while back I eliminated 
>> the annoying 24 line terminal assumption from EDT and released it
>> internally (to VSI). After then a few people came up to me and thanked
>> me for doing so. It was almost like being at an AA meeting, with people
>> saying: "My name is Joe Smith, and...and I use EDT" followed by a thank 
>> you.
> 
> Another reason I am waiting for VMS on x86.  It WILL be part of the 
> distribution, right?
 
It will make its appearance in VMS V8.5.

-- 

                      -- Rob