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From: res@ihuxn.UUCP (Rich Strebendt)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: RE: VMS vs. UNIX
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Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 11:20:17 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 24 11:20:17 1984
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> The fact that VMS has an emulator to run Unix software also shows that
> VMS is very capable.

This could well be true -- I have not used VMS so I will not bad mouth
its capabilities.

> There's no way Unix could ever emulate VMS.

That is probably not true -- UNIX is also a very capable system and a
determined programmer could probably get a VMS (or whatever) emulator
up on an braindamaged micro if need be!  

The lack of existance of a VMS emulator under UNIX and not vice-versa
indicates to me (as a long-time UNIX user) that people using VMS felt a
need for the capabilities of UNIX under VMS, but that UNIX users have
not felt a similar need.  In other words, while VMS people need to add
UNIX-like capabilities to get a GOOD system, it is not necessary for
UNIX to add VMS-like capabilities -- it already is a GOOD system.

	OS/370-JES3: Operating System for the '60s
	VMS: Operating System for the '70s
	UNIX: Operating System for the '80s -- and beyond.

					Rich Strebendt
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