Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!ames!lll-tis!oodis01!uplherc!sp7040!jsp From: jsp@sp7040.UUCP (John Peters) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.os.rsts Subject: Re: UNIX versus VMS (Re: Porting utilities to the ST.) Message-ID: <445@sp7040.UUCP> Date: 5 Jul 88 14:33:05 GMT References: <203@eutrc3.UUCP> <1615@alliant.Alliant.COM> <1043@atari.UUCP> <9629@eddie.MIT.EDU> Organization: Unisys, Salt Lake City, UT Lines: 27 In article <9629@eddie.MIT.EDU>, jbs@fenchurch.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal) writes: <^> In article <2247@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: <^> >VMS is a serious resource hog. <^> <^> Yeah, right. <^> <^> >I'll take RSX-11M over VMS any day. t's <^> >smaller <^> <^> Who cares? Sure, it's nice to fit a ship into a bottle, but if I'm <^> going on a cruise, I'd rather take the QE2 (if I'm trying to get from <^> point A to point B, I'll probably take an airplane). <^> <^> >faster (LSI-11 with RSX beats Microvax with VMS any day) <^> <^> Even if true, so what? What do you do when you outgrow your "LSI-11" <^> (I assume you mean the J-11)? Network? Are you going to claim that <^> RSX networking is superior, too? Also, don't forget about the <^> MicroVAX-3000 series. <^> This conversation is quickly leading nowhere. I'm sorry I replied to the person who supports VMS earlier. If it doesn't apply to the ST, this is the wrong place for the discussion. Lets talk about how to improve the ST not fight on which other operating system is best. -- Johnnie --