From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 5 15:17:23 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5E2937B400 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 15:17:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dns1.digitalglobe.com (dns1.digitalglobe.com [205.166.175.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2490443E42 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 15:17:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from noreply@nterprise.net) Received: from taliacyn.digitalglobe.com (taliacyn.digitalglobe.com [10.10.11.19]) by dns1.digitalglobe.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g85MFVGl092388; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 16:15:32 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from noreply@nterprise.net) Subject: Re: DEC UNIX & FreeBSD From: John-David Childs To: Warner Joseph Cc: "'FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org'" In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 05 Sep 2002 22:17:14 +0000 Message-Id: <1031264235.43441.58.camel@taliacyn.digitalglobe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 19:46, Warner Joseph wrote: > Hi, > > Other than one being a commercial product > and the other being Open Source,I was wondering > if anyone could tell me how similar DEC UNIX and > FreeBSD are to each other? > For me, it was the other way around (learned DEC Unix/Ultrix before FreeBSD) but the transition was a no-brainer (8 years ago). The *basic* commands and flags are most likely the same, but advanced commands/flags (i.e. vm/io/systat, kernel/disk tuning, etc) might be quite different. > More specifically, if you're fairly proficient > with FreeBSD, how difficult would it be to > learn DEC or vice-versa? > > Thanks > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message and any included attachments are from Siemens Medical Solutions > Health Services Corporation and are intended only for the addressee(s). > The information contained herein may include trade secrets or privileged or > otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, > copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may > be unlawful. If you received this message in error, or have reason to believe > you are not authorized to receive it, please promptly delete this message and > notify the sender by e-mail with a copy to CSOffice@smed.com. Thank you > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message