11 Jun
1998
11 Jun
'98
2:58 p.m.
On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Jack Peacock wrote:
As for the RMS file attributes and versioning, they
are a dream for
programmers, compared to PC or Unix systems. We have NT or W95
workstations at every desk, but we still keep a VMScluster running,
partly for financial apps, and partly for coding. When you start
dealing with larger apps (i.e 3K-5K users per week, 300-500 at any one
time in a 24 hour day, all accessing the same files) you start to
appreciate what VMS can do.
It depends on your philosophy, I guess. Both DEC and Microsoft are in the
"everything belongs in the OS" camp, whereas Unix came from the "simple is
beautiful" school. The latter assumes that database vendors are probably
better at building database engines than OS vendors are.
Have you ever used a product called ClearCase? It basically maps a
database engine / version control system to a Unix filesystem. It's very
powerful, but I wouldn't want to use it or have the overhead associated
with it if I didn't actually need it. Most people don't need it.
-- Doug