Subject: [FreeVMS] Re: still need more developers
From: Talukdar, Nipun (nipun.talukdar@digital.com)
Date: Thu Sep 05 2002 - 16:06:24 CEST
OpenVMS is like a strong , handsome soldier.... Windows is like a
beautiful young girl ,SHE breaks down too often...
From: David Wijnants [mailto:dwijnants@askalix.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 1:03 PM
To: freevms@ml.free.fr
Subject: [FreeVMS] Re: still need more developers
>>Actually, VMS was first past the FIPS, so they got POSIX-certified
>>before any UNIX ever did! Trouble is, nobody actually used POSIX for
>>OpenVMS, they just stuck with the same horrible QIO stuff they'd
always
>>used. POSIX is just another way to get on the government list of
>>approved systems; hence, even Windows NT is POSIX-compliant.
>>That's not to say you shouldn't use POSIX, because at least it is a
>>standard. Not to say the OpenVMS system services are a waste of time
>>either, they're just a little awkward to use, that's all; but you get
>>used to them.
>>Dave.
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