Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!snorkelwacker!apple!sun-barr!newstop!sun!khb From: khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman - SPD Advanced Languages) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: AIX vs VMS Message-ID: Date: 30 Mar 90 00:54:06 GMT References: <9428@stiatl.UUCP> <519@siswat.UUCP> <1990Mar26.175619.22528@hybrid.UUCP> <18179@rpp386.cactus.org> <1990Mar29.011739.16076@world.std.com> <1956@awdprime.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: Sun MegaSystems Lines: 24 In-reply-to: jerry@heyman.austin.ibm.com's message of 29 Mar 90 20:44:04 GMT In article <1956@awdprime.UUCP> jerry@heyman.austin.ibm.com (Jerrold Heyman) writes: ... A lot has been made about DEC's VMS running on all its platforms. Until the 3100 came out, DEC had a lot of platforms, but only one architecture. This was never correct. PDP-11's are still orderable, the PDP-8 lived on inside a WP machine. There was an FPS array processor option for VAX. There was the Rainbow (8088/8080|z80 I forget), and more. The vast bulk of their customer base did migrate to VAX fairly early and stayed there, so DEC _is_ mostly VMS. But strictly speaking it hasn't been a one architecture company for a long time. But more than enough about DEC, this is an IBM group last I checked ;> cheers -- Keith H. Bierman |*My thoughts are my own. !! kbierman@Eng.Sun.COM It's Not My Fault | MTS --Only my work belongs to Sun* kbierman%eng@sun.com I Voted for Bill & | Advanced Languages/Floating Point Group Opus | "When the going gets Weird .. the Weird turn PRO"