10 Jun
2009
10 Jun
'09
8:55 a.m.
On Jun 10, 2009, at 11:38 AM, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
This attitude is common even here, amongst people who presumably
should know better. Just because VMS was around thirty years ago,
that means it's a thirty-year-old OS. "Wow, I can't believe we're
still using cars. They're so old! Since there were cars in 1908,
that means ALL cars are from 1908!"
The other amusing thing about which people here (at least) should
know better is the visibility factor. VMS, OS/400, MVS, and VM are
*everywhere*...but people think they're somehow "dead" because the
only thing they see in for sale in WalMart is PCs running Windows.
Do these people really believe PCs running Windows process their bank
transactions, maintain hospital databases, or run railroads?
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
It might seem
odd, but I don't know how to use 'ed'. I kinda know
'ex'
due to the fact 'vi' is 'ex' turned from a line editor to a screen
editor. Most of what I know about computers from way back is mostly
limited to UNIX (and that's only because UNIX didn't die like the
other OSes.)
I hate statements like this. Died like what OSes? MVS? VM? VSE?
There are a bunch of OSes from back then which are still around.