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From: ganek@apollo.uucp (Dan Ganek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Re: Help us defend against VMS!
Message-ID: <3ac56669.c82a@apollo.uucp>
Date: 10 Mar 88 15:27:00 GMT
References: <867@unmvax.unm.edu>
Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, Mass.
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> All this VMS vs. UNIX discussion brings up an interesting thing I
> heard recently:
> 
>   DEC does its VMS development under Ultrix.
> 
> Wow!  Of course, they can only do utilities and higher level libraries
> this way, but it does say something about what the engineers that
> actually WRITE VMS use!
> 
> Now, we all know that Ultrix isn't really UNIX, and that it probably
> should be thrown out the window, but it is certainly a lot better than
> VMS.  At least thats what the writers of VMS think.
> 
> 
> 
> 				Michael I. Bushnell
> 				mike@turing.unm.edu
> 				{ucbvax,gatech}!unmvax!turing!mike
> 
> 				HASA -- "A" division
> 
> 

You forgot the :-), right?

It's been a few years since I've worked at DEC; but 
I doubt that there's a single ULTRIX machine within
10 miles of Spit Brook Rd. 
                              
(I would also assume that the ULTRIX people put in
 check for the BLISS compiler and core dump when
 someone tries to use it! :-)

/dan