Re: [Nolug] call for help: white papers to show my CIO regarding Linux, Unix & Oracle

On 30 Apr 2003, Ron Johnson wrote:

> > I read about this a while ago. It won't be enough to save VMS. At some
> > point even the faithful in denial will have to acknowledge the truth as
> > they watch the last shovelful of dirt being tossed onto the coffin.
>
> Well, a lot of Very Large enterprises still *depend* on VMS, so I'd say
> that only the 1st 1 or 2 shovelfuls of dirt have been tossed in.

One of those Very Large enterprises happens the be the US Govt. The
defense dept uses VMS extensively and has contracts in place to make sure
DEC/Compaq/HP keeps VMS around for a long time.

I personally don't like using VMS, but we've had it around long enough for
me to know it is rock solid, *and* extremely secure. Two things you can't
say about Unix or NT... and i can respect that.

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Ray DeJean  				       	 http://www.r-a-y.org
Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist  	      AIX Administration, AIX Support
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