[Info-vax] Micro Focus to be acquired by Open Text

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2022-09-03 19:24, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 9/3/2022 7:12 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> On 2022-09-02 16:58, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 9/2/2022 10:48 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>>> But I sortof half-fondly remember using RSTS/E in Sweden in the 
>>>> early 80s. Accounts were PPNs, enclosed in brackets. Also used for 
>>>> the directory. I had Ä120,114Å. :-)
>>>
>>> Did it allow <> instead of []?
>>
>> Nope. VMS and RSX have that, but RSTS/E didn't/don't.
> 
> I wonder whether the <> support was due to ISO-646-national.

Indirectly maybe. But as far as I can remember, the direct reason why 
VMS and RSX supports it was because at some point DEC made a decision to 
start using it as directory/uic delimiters in all their OSes. But then 
the decision was reversed. I don't know/remember the details now. But 
the point is that TOPS-20 fully changed to using <> (not sure about 
Tops-10), but VMS and RSX didn't. But they added the ability to use it, 
since TOPS-20 systems did do the change, so you ended up in a situation 
where both were accepted.

RSTS/E was sortof more on its own. Hardly even had proper DECnet back 
then, and wasn't really in the midst of such discussions.

But the reason that the for a while decided that they should use <> 
might have been because of ISO-646. I have no idea.

   Johnny