Re: Comparison of Alpha, MIPS and PA-RISC-II wanted

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From: imhw400
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:23

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In article <42743@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, xm9@sdcc12.ucsd.edu (richard g. adair) writes:
>>6) File system limited to sequential file, forcing applications to create their
>>own file system on top of the UNIX one, thus preventing any standardization or
>>application independent optimization.
> 
> This is  feature, not a bug!  Have you ever worked with a record
> oriented system like VMS?  You spend most of you programming time
> defeating the file system :-(

No, I don't.

> No, UNIX is better for these reasons:
> 
> 	pipes
got it
> 	make
got it
> 	light sub-processes
on the way
> 	the path
got it
> 	transparent networking
Hahahahaha.  Got it.  Had it years earlier.
> 	network file sharing
got it
> 	no RMS
I'm sorry for you.
> 	choice of shells
got it
> 	machine independant, choice of vendor freedom
VMS runs on two architectures now, maybe more later
> 	vendor price and speed wars
VMS has to compete too.  And it does.
> 	better hardware
Hahahahaha
> 	graphics
got it
> 	it does't have DEC-this DEC-that all over (gak!)
The real reason surfaces!
> 	simplicity
got it
-- 
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Subject: Re: Comparison of Alpha, MIPS and PA-RISC-II wanted
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