[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:50:28 +1000, motk wrote:

> The BSDs have a different philosophy; they consider a system to be 
> kernel+userspace and that they should all be built together, ie RELEASE.

Centralized versus distributed design philosophy? Seems to be reflected in 
the fact that the BSDs have been quite slow to adopt distributed version 
control systems like Git. Even before that, it took them ages just to go 
from CVS to SVN.

> It's not one or the other. Both completely valid viewpoints.

I would say, one is more adaptable to a changing world than the other.