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From: nick@presby.UUCP
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Subject: Unix / VMS Opinions Wanted
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Date: Fri, 10-Jun-83 19:16:29 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 10 19:16:29 1983
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Drexel University
Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept.
32 & Chestnut Sts.
Phila., PA.  19104

     We're getting a VAX 11/780 in this summer and I need help
talking my professor into putting UNIX on it over VMS.  I'm running
Berkeley 2.8 UNIX on a PDP 11/23 now.  My prof. likes VMS for:
1 - DEC SUPPORT
2 - Engineering Software
3 - DECNET - Lots of PDP's here under RSX,RT11
4 - Ability to give curtain users priority of others? Is this true, can
    bsd4.2 do this?
5 - Graphics for VS-11, getting Template.  Will this run under UNIX without
    too much modifications?

     He has some good points here, can anyone help me with arguments
in favor of UNIX bsd4.2?  I heard you may be able to run both VMS and UNIX
at the same time?  Is this full UNIX bsd4.2, does it take alot of disk, are
there any advantages/disadvantages?
     Has anyone gone through the same experience?  
				
				As you say here "Thanks in Advance"
				
				Saint Nick (presby!nick)

PS.  This is my first article, I hope I did it right!