[Info-vax] New CEO of VMS Software

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Sat Jan 6 11:30:07 EST 2024


On 1/6/2024 10:47 AM, bill wrote:
> On 1/5/2024 9:38 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> For what I mean by “workstation”, look at the capabilities of the Unix
>> workstations in the 1980s/1990s: remember, they ran the same OS as their
>> respective companies’ server offerings, with all the same 
>> capabilities. It
>> was Microsoft that came along and offered a “Workstation” OS that had 
>> cut-
>> down capabilities compared to their “Server” offering, so they could
>> charge less for the former ... and more for the latter.
> 
> Not sure I agree with this at all.  It's been a long time and my
> memory may not be what it once was but I distinctly remember the
> only difference between NT Server and NT Workstation was Registry
> Settings.

Not much difference in those days.

But the difference has become bigger over time.

Arne






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