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From: ekrell@hector.UUCP (Eduardo Krell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: VMS, UNIX, etc.
Message-ID: <10157@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>
Date: 13 Mar 88 22:13:02 GMT
References: <397@lscvax.UUCP>
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Reply-To: ekrell@hector (Eduardo Krell)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill
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Keywords: IBM (Oooo) VAX speed, etc

In article <397@lscvax.UUCP> ram@lscvax.UUCP writes:

>Perhaps if there was a
>machine that was sufficiently fast to handle Unix, I would think about
>switching my alignment, but I doubt it. Too many other problems with it
>that I see.

Is a Cray fast enough? it does run Unix. The Cray is faster than any
IBM mainframe, therefore Unix is better than VM/CMS, right? (I'm using your
own rationale).

The speed of the machine has nothing to do with whether you prefer Unix
or IBM's VM/CMS. You should be comparing an IBM mainframe running VM/CMS
with the SAME machine running Unix. And yes, you can run Unix on IBM
mainframes.
    
    Eduardo Krell                   AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ

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