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Kent Covert <[log in to unmask]>
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Miami University OpenVMS <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 7 May 1997 07:58:53 -0500
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In article <[log in to unmask]>, "Micah James Cooper"
 <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>  George Greer wrote in article <[log in to unmask]>...
>>I never could figure out that VM/CMS...but then again, I like the command
>>line and a tree-based file system not $SYS_USERS[004.UND][GREERGA.WWW].
>
> VM/CMS is the IBM Mainframe system (aka miamiu).  $SYS_USERS[YAD.YADDA] is
> VMS (OpenVMS, AXP, etc.).  BIG difference.  VMS could be said to use a
> tree-like structure, just with different root systems like MS/PC-DOS uses.
>
> Of course, it's rumored that soon DEC's Alpha's will be humming along on
> WinNT 5.0 Enterprise Server (or perhaps not until version 6) with the
> recent agreements between DEC and MS.  Remember, folks, VMS + 1 = WNT.  ;)
 
DEC Alpha's already run Windows NT.  They have for years.
 
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                                     Kent Covert, Software Coordinator
                                     Miami Computing and Information Services
                                     Miami University, Oxford, OH
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