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Article #1626Re: Auto-trol support for VMS
From: David Kassover
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 1990 15:25
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 1990 15:25
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In article <1227@auto-trol.UUCP> garhow@auto-trol.COM () writes: ... [explanation of decision not to support VMS deleted] > >In summary, we are not trying to "force" UNIX on anyone. We don't create >industry trends, we are driven by them the same as everyone else. We deliver >products in the environments that the marketplace dictates. The issue is >not whether VMS is better or worse than UNIX but whether it is economically >feasible to suppport it with our product set. Well said. I have no affiliation with Auto-trol Technology of any sort, nor, to the best of my knowledge, have I used it's products. But I dare say that users of those products for the purposes for which they are intended (and maybe others) really don't care what operating system, if any, runs in the box(es) attached to their output device. If such users need to have access to VMS, or Unix, such service can be provided much more effectively through a different set of boxes. On the other hand, I don't have to put up the money to buy Auto-trol boxes when I already have some perfectly good VMS boxes. -- David Kassover "Proper technique helps protect you against kassover@ra.crd.ge.com sharp weapons and dull judges." kassover@crd.ge.com F. Collins
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!crdgw1!minerva!kassover From: kassover@minerva.crd.ge.com (David Kassover) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Auto-trol support for VMS Message-ID: <8554@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Date: 14 Jun 90 15:25:16 GMT References: <1227@auto-trol.UUCP> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Followup-To: comp.sys.dec Distribution: usa Organization: Aule-Tek, Inc. Lines: 30