[Info-vax] New CEO of VMS Software

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/6/2024 3:11 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> So you see, on the Unix side, the vendors never thought to charge any
> different for the “workstation” versus “server” software, because it was
> the exact same software, with the exact same capabilities.

Commercial Unix was usually sold as systems - a bundle of HW and OS.

Making the distinction irrelevant.

> Today, the only OS in widespread use with this commonality of function
> across disparate hardware configurations is Linux.

I don't see the big difference between Linux and Windows in that regard.

MS has a NT kernel NN.N that end up in Windows MM and Windows Server YYYY.

Desktop and server Windows do share kernel. It is all the services
and tools on top that are different.

Linux kernel V.V end up in distro Zzzzz Server P.P and distro Zzzzz desktop.

Most commercial Linux distros have both a server version and a
desktop version. Including Redhat, SUSE and Ubuntu.

Arne