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Subject: Re: bsd unix vs. dec's vms
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Date: Wed, 27-May-87 19:24:38 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 27 19:24:38 1987
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I worked for DEC/LCG as a software engineer, and as someone who tries
to keep an open mind, I was apalled by the amount of TOPS-10 bashing
was present among s/w developers.  RMS and DBMS development was being
dropped, FORTRAN v10 (ANSI full F77) was nearly not released for
TOPS-10.

Sucessive versions of TOPS-10 were released by customer demands for
the new features: 7.00 SMP, 7.02 DECnet, 7.03 Extended Addressing.

It shocked me that a group that had many times been on the edge of
extinction could indulge in such internal bigotry.

	Phil Budne
	Boston University