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In article <42743@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, xm9@sdcc12.ucsd.edu (richard g. adair)
writes:

> 
> No, UNIX is better for these reasons:
> 
> 	pipes
yes
> 	make
no, several flavors of make are available for VMS
> 	light sub-processes
> 	the path
yes, yes
> 	transparent networking
> 	network file sharing
no, no, take your pick of VMScluster, DNS, NFS, DECnet/OSI, TCP/IP
> 	no RMS
don't fight it, feel it!
> 	choice of shells
no, VMS provides DCL and posix shells standard, others should be possible
> 	machine independant, choice of vendor
VMS gives you this (more so than many "Unix"es).  Just keep your
application standards compliant, so you can move it anover O/S when the
fancy takes you.
> 	vendor price and speed wars
no, VMS is as much caught up in this as any other O/S
> 	better hardware
VAX and AXP not good hardware?  I beg to differ
> 	graphics
What's wrong with graphics under VMS?
> 	it does't have DEC-this DEC-that all over (gak!)
There is lot less of this than popularly supposed.  Although they can
sometimes produce white elephants, most DEC produced enhancements add
useful functionality and/or standards compliance not present in the
original.
> 	simplicity
nothing is simple :-)