Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pacbell!att-ih!alberta!auvax!louis From: louis@auvax.UUCP (Louis Schmittroth) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: VMS is not the evil empire Message-ID: <554@auvax.UUCP> Date: 10 Mar 88 02:10:50 GMT References: <12067@brl-adm.ARPA| <707@hdr.UUCP> <20469@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Organization: Athabasca U., Alberta, Canada Lines: 33 Summary: Say NO to VMS, DEC and ... In article <20469@bu-cs.BU.EDU|, bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) writes: | | >What does this have to do with choosing VMS over Ultrix? Well, at least | >in our area, one would probably receive better *local* support for VMS | >than Ultrix. KEEP IN MIND I am referring to LOCAL support! Both VMS | >and Ultrix 'OS' (long distance call) level support for us has been excellent. | > | >-- | >Eric J. Johnson UUCP: eric@hdr.UUCP || ...!{ihnp4, codas}!hdr!eric | | DEC's pathological resistance to providing hardware service on Vaxes | running Ultrix or Unix is a good reason not to buy Vaxes, it's no | reason not to buy Unix which can be had from responsible vendors. There is not only no reason to go with VMS, there is no reason to go with DEC, unless you have already locked yourself into VMS. I have seen vendors come and go since before DEC was incorporated, and welcomed UNIX as the best thing that ever happened to the computer field for two reasons: a superior development system, and a vendor-independent platform for applications. The only thing wrong with going with UNIX is the large number of choices. You really have to do some decision making to find your way around the vendors. If you want ultimate answers in religion and computers, then of course go with IBM ... Otherwise, try Sun, Sequent, NCR, Unisys, AT&T, ... Louis Schmittroth My employer has no opinions. Computer Science Athabasca University ...{ubc-vision, ihnp4}!alberta!auvax!louis -- Louis Schmittroth My employer has no opinions. Computer Science Athabasca University ...{ubc-vision, ihnp4}!alberta!auvax!louis