Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 08:46:23 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: dg@root.com Cc: Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.technion.ac.il>, pechter@shell.monmouth.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VAXen in FreeBSD ( was Re: Women in FreeBSD) Message-ID: <36C1A9CF.8B744006@softweyr.com> References: <199902091445.GAA04663@implode.root.com>
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David Greenman wrote:
>
> >> > Wes Peters wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Yeah, I'm so manly I converted her.
> >> >
> >> > (From VMS to FreeBSD. To the best of my knowlege, she was not and
> >> > is not a lesbian.)
> >>
> >> Interesting how many Ex-VMS types move to FreeBSD instead of Linux.
> >> Anyone have any idea as to what that reason is...
> >>
> >> I've got mine -- the fact that VMS is an operating system rather than
> >> a kernel and a different distribution.
> >
> >I don't think so. At least that's not my reason. I think it's a matter of
> >market segment it aims at: VMS aims at servers that need to run without a
> >crash for years, and that's what FreeBSD excels at as well.
Funny, I got there through the workstations that need to run without
a crash for years avenue. If course, I used to work in UNIX work-
stations that used Oracle on VMS as a data store. That was a sick
(and stupid) thing to do, but not my call.
> For what it's worth, I was a long-time VAX/VMS guy prior to getting
> involved with BSD Unix.
And you're feeling much better now, right? ;^)
> Several other core members also have significant
> amounts of VMS in their history. I'm not sure this says anything in
> particular, but I think it's interesting nonetheless.
I think most of them ended up in VMS jr. -- Winders NT. At least,
most of the ones I worked with did. Good riddance to bad rubbish,
in most cases. They've almost finished the latest release of their
all-seeing, all-knowing security analysis product for NT, a port from
my original UNIX version. They were "on the verge" of releasing it
when I left the company 4.5 years ago, if that gives you any idea of
their level of productivity on NT.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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