Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:48:36 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Open_Source Message-ID: <20090603184836.GA46417@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906032028420.24071@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20090603091800.GA1177@phenom.cordula.ws> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906031120260.50636@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090603102720.GB1349@phenom.cordula.ws> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906031310420.51077@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090603133343.GB1988@phenom.cordula.ws> <4ad871310906030653o62d7e708w1a7be44334ab8dab@mail.gmail.com> <20090603152939.GF1988@phenom.cordula.ws> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906031820220.52712@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090603185039.54cdd820.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906032028420.24071@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 08:32:38PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > >A counter-example is VMS. It is a commercial product, but highly > >reliable and secure. > > At least is said too, i never used or even seen VMS. When Digital Equipment Corporation collapsed, the architect(s) of VMS went to Microsoft and were given NT to mold in their own likeness. This is where rings of security levels originated in modern Windows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cutler NT 3.5 and possibly 4.0 supported VMS-like versioned files as part of the filesystem. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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