Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!cbosgd!ihnp4!fortune!tierney From: tierney@fortune.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: ULTRIX Message-ID: <4303@fortune.UUCP> Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 23:09:54 EDT Article-I.D.: fortune.4303 Posted: Thu Sep 20 23:09:54 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 20:42:27 EDT Sender: notes@fortune.UUCP Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 38 Nf-ID: #R:teklds:-66500:fortune:11600101:000:1095 Nf-From: fortune!tierney Sep 20 10:18:00 1984 I have a question about ULTRIX: (Background) I went to Northeastern U. in Boston, and we had one VAX running VMS with everything you can fit into the box (mostly memory and terminal boards). Near the end of the quarter, it was not unusual to find > 120 people logged on simultaneously! I once asked whether UNIX would not be a better OS, and I received the following answer: UNIX may be a nice OS, but it is not as efficient as VMS for the VAX. In other words, I can run 120 users on my VAX under VMS and many fewer under UNIX. MY QUESTION: ULTRIX was developed for VAXen by the VMS wizards at DEC. So how does the efficiency of VAX/ULTRIX compare to VAX/VMS? Anyone care to conjecture? Charlie Tierney -------------------------------------------------------------- { hpda harpo ihnp4 cbosgd } !fortune!tierney DEC { decvax !decwrl !amd } !fortune!tierney Berkeley { ucbvax !amd } !fortune!tierney MaBell: (415) 595-8444 USnail: Fortune Systems, 101 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, California 94065