[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/26/2024 12:43 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:36:41 +1200, David Goodwin wrote:
>> Why go to all the effort reimplementing the whole
>> Linux syscall interface and keeping it up-to-date when you could just
>> run the Linux kernel in a VM.
> 
> Because that was what the whole “personality” system was supposed to be
> for. In practice, it didn’t work.

When the subsystem concept was invented virtualization technology
was not where it is today.

No matter how one would rate the subsystem, then a VM requires
less code and provide better compatibility than a subsystem.

But NT 3.1 did not have Hyper-V. :-)

Arne