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From: TBLAKE@BINGVAXA.BITNET ("Thomas_R._Blake")
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Holy Wars
Message-ID: <8803161539.AA24579@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>
Date: 16 Mar 88 15:35:00 GMT
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Folks,

	So ... once again the mighty knights have taken the field to fight
for God and operating system.  

	I thought that by now people would realize that OS's are very much
like religions.  We stick with the one we are most comfortable with.  Some
feel the need to defend their choice.  Every few months, my mailbox gets
stuffed with crys of righteous indignation from both UNIX and VMS bigots
who strongly believe that I and the rest of the list want to hear their
fight.  Once in a while a VM bigot even sticks their nose in.

	The purpose of this list is to help one another, not to hurl insults.
Hey folks, there's a bunch of people out here who think UNIX is God's gift
to the masses.  And the fact of the matter is I can see why.  There are
also a number of us who believe VMS to be one of sanest large computer
operationg systems.  We can all scream till we're blue in that face.  You
will not be able to convince someone by electronic mail that your OS is
better than theirs.  At our university we support (in alpha order) CMS, MVS, 
UNIX, and VMS. Because we feel that each OS has it's applications.  Each OS has
its cult. I don't believe that an educational institution should support one OS
to the exclusion of others.  I do believe that a commercial institution might
be wise to do so in order to maintain consistance throughout the company. 

	In any case, if you folks want to try to convert each other, how
'bout moving the discussion off of this most public forum?  Most of us have
work to do.


						Thomas R. Blake
						Lead Programmer/Analyst
						Academic Support
						SUNY Binghamton
						Binghamton, NY  13901 (USA)