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From: guy@gorodish.Sun.COM (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: VMS vs. UNIX file system
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Date: 19 Sep 88 03:19:46 GMT
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> I wouldn't be at all shocked to see DEC announce (essentially) RMS
> under Ultrix (and I'll bet a dollar someone is working on this.) Fine
> idea, as long as it's not in the OS.

Or, more precisely, not in a more-privileged mode than user mode; I consider
the OS to be more than just the kernel - for instance, I consider UNIX standard
I/O to be part of the OS.

Under RSX-11, if I remember correctly, RMS is just a library that runs in user
mode; VMS decided to fill another much-needed gap by running it in executive
mode.  Neither of them stuffed it into the kernel, at least....