[Info-vax] A new VMS?

[kemain.nospam at gmail.com]

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>From: Info-vax <info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com> On Behalf Of Simon Clubley
>via Info-vax
>Sent: May-14-21 9:09 AM
>To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
>Cc: Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
>Subject: Re: [Info-vax] A new VMS?
>
>On 2021-05-13, <kemain.nospam at gmail.com> <kemain.nospam at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>>
>> It is true that Multinet does have a UNIX background, so its initial
>> look-and-feel might be a bit more familiar to UNIX/Networking types.
>>
>
>No. I am not going to talk about performance, because I don't have enough
>knowledge about that, but Bob is right about the interface.
>
>Multinet has a TOPS-20 feel to it, not Unix and it's yucky to work with.
>
>> However, like all interfaces, it just takes a bit of experience with it.
>>
>
>Some interfaces are easier to learn than others.
>
>Simon.
>

Reference:
<http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/docs/openvms_notes_tcpware.html>

"MultiNet was a competitor to TCPware originally created by TGV. PSC
(Process Software Corp) purchased the MultiNet stack from CISCO in 1997 so
now they sell two stacks but only MultiNet is capable of both IPv4 and
IPv6."

Hunter would likely be able to provide much more detail on Multinet history
specifics.


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com




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