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From: debra@alice.UUCP (Paul De Bra)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Should I switch to VMS for software development?
Keywords: Why is UNIX better?
Message-ID: <8688@alice.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jan 89 17:22:46 GMT
References: <901@hdr.UUCP>
Reply-To: debra@alice.UUCP ()
Organization: AT&T, Bell Labs
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In article <901@hdr.UUCP> eric@hdr.UUCP (Eric J. Johnson) writes:
>
>Help!  The new boss has decided that we no longer need our 3B15 running 
>UNIX System V for software development, but can get along instead with
>a VAX 11/730 running VMS.  :-(
>...
>If anyone has put together a list/report comparing UNIX and VMS for software
>development, or has their own insights, I would greatly appreciate hearing 
>from you!  As you might guess, I am rather fond of UNIX and would like to
>keep it around.
>
The best folution is to fire your boss, but that might be a bit of a problem:-)

I have no idea why your boss wants this move from the 3B15 to a 730.
In any case I think the performance difference should be at least a
factor of 2 (but probably more), meaning that the software developers
will spend twice as much time waiting for compiles... I think your
products may become expensive!

I can't imagine why people want to move to a 730 these days. It is becoming
more and more difficult to find someone who wants a 750 (for free) these
days...

If money is an issue, your boss should know that depending on the periferals
you can get a 386-box with Unix or Xenix for between $5000 and $10000, that
will outperform the 730 by a factor of 10 at least.

Paul.
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