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From: dsmith@proper.UUCP (David Smith)
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Subject: Re: Re: RE: VMS vs. UNIX - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 28-Jul-84 15:27:41 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 28 15:27:41 1984
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{A sacrifice to the mythical line eater}

	I'd like to know why everyone keeps on calling VMS an OS of
the '60s.  The VAX was not introduced until the late '70s, so how
could VMS be a '60's operating system?  Unix, on the other hand,
was developed on the PDP-11, a machine of the '60's in the '60's.

			Temporally yours,
			David Smith