Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-vgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!brl-vgr!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-vgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: How do Unix and VMS compare? Message-ID: <3440@brl-vgr.ARPA> Date: Sun, 17-Jun-84 04:22:55 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-vgr.3440 Posted: Sun Jun 17 04:22:55 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 08:53:25 EDT References: <290@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP>, <666@t4test.UUCP> Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 9 I think you got the bit about VMS emulators on UNIX wrong. Clearly, if VMS has a larger software base (as you claim), then there would be motivation for VMS-on-UNIX, but this is the opposite of the argument you gave for there not being one. VMS doesn't matter in the big picture; it runs only on not- very-cost-competitive DEC VAX processors. UNIX runs practically everywhere. If Fortran is your bag, certainly there are fast Fortrans available on various vendors' UNIX systems. Shop around.