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From: sakkinen@tukki.jyu.fi (Markku Sakkinen)
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems
Subject: Re: UNIX applications in Information Systems.
Message-ID: <1990Oct2.092412.7363@tukki.jyu.fi>
Date: 2 Oct 90 09:24:12 GMT
References: <1990Sep28.020409.16535@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1990Sep28.171417.29070@ariel.unm.edu>
Reply-To: sakkinen@jytko.jyu.fi (Markku Sakkinen)
Organization: University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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In article <1990Sep28.171417.29070@ariel.unm.edu> burd@hydra.unm.edu (Stephen Burd ASM) writes:
> ...
>The primary advantage of UNIX in any software development effort lies
>in its inherent flexibility for integrating various pieces of software.
>As an example, a decision support system developed here under UNIX
>utilized C-Prolog, C programs, FORTRAN programs, the S statistical
>analysis package, and INGRES for various portions of the system.  Neither
>VMS nor any IBM operating system would have been capable of tying all
>of this software together to form an integrated on-line system.
> ...

Sounds like a strongly exaggerated claim, at least concerning VAX/VMS
(I don't know IBM operating systems).
Any solid arguments for "would not have been capable"?

Markku Sakkinen
Department of Computer Science and Information Systems
University of Jyvaskyla (a's with umlauts)
Seminaarinkatu 15
SF-40100 Jyvaskyla (umlauts again)
Finland
          SAKKINEN@FINJYU.bitnet (alternative network address)