From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 3 18:57:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C41F1065674 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2009 18:57:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Ggatten@waddell.com) Received: from mailhost0.waddell.com (mailhost0.waddell.com [12.154.38.61]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EB348FC2B for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2009 18:57:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Ggatten@waddell.com) Received: from mailhost2.waddell.com (mailhost2.waddell.com [10.1.10.30]) by mailhost0.waddell.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n53IuNJK024860; Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:56:38 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from Ggatten@waddell.com) Received: from mailhost2.waddell.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 0554B7434F; Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:56:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: from wadpexf0.waddell.com (wadpexf0.waddell.com [192.168.204.24]) by mailhost2.waddell.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E03E673EA5; Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:56:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: from WADPEXV0.waddell.com ([192.168.204.25]) by wadpexf0.waddell.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:56:22 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:56:21 -0500 Message-ID: <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793EE93@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> In-Reply-To: <20090603184836.GA46417@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Open_Source thread-index: AcnkfDIGGdxJBUlSSVa1PtjzopyH4gAAHQxQ References: <20090603091800.GA1177@phenom.cordula.ws><20090603102720.GB1349@phenom.cordula.ws><20090603133343.GB1988@phenom.cordula.ws><4ad871310906030653o62d7e708w1a7be44334ab8dab@mail.gmail.com><20090603152939.GF1988@phenom.cordula.ws><20090603185039.54cdd820.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090603184836.GA46417@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> From: "Gary Gatten" To: , "Wojciech Puchar" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Jun 2009 18:56:22.0634 (UTC) FILETIME=[FCDF4CA0:01C9E47C] Cc: Polytropon , cpghost , Glen Barber Subject: RE: Open_Source X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:57:34 -0000 Yes, and that old urban legend, that Windows NT is "better" than VMS, so the initials are one higher in each position - at least in my alphabet: VMS WNT Lots of interesting little things between VMS and WNT. G PS: Sorry again for top posting - I'll try harder! Is this appropriate topic for this list? ;-) -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of David Kelly Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:49 PM To: Wojciech Puchar Cc: cpghost; Polytropon; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Glen Barber Subject: Re: Open_Source On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 08:32:38PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >=20 > >A counter-example is VMS. It is a commercial product, but highly > >reliable and secure. >=20 > 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. --=20 David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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