Digital BW, The Print

VMS was a very good OS - especially for real time data acquisition and 
processing systems. It's throughput rate was much better than UNIX in 
these applications. It wasn't that VMS was a bad OS or that Dec 
computers were bad, the Dec management was the pits. They literally not 
only couldn't see the workstation revolution brought on by Sun, Apollo, 
etc., it was they fought it to their death.

Dec was a classic example of a computer that was getting squeezed from 
the top because the Cray were dropping in price and from the bottom on 
performance by the workstations and chose to dig in and defend an 
obsolete technology.

The last great holdout for VMS was the US DOD and now they are running 
UNIX on their Alphas.

Truman

Austin Franklin wrote:

>
> > >..though I know the "architect"
> > >of Windows NT, Dave Cutler, as he was the architect (not loosely 
> used) of
> > >Digital's VMS...and I know he knows better...
> > >
> > >Austin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Smack him for me once in awhile.. LOL
>
> Keith,
>
> It's not his fault.  He only has so much he can control...and it's a real
> shame.
>
> Austin