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- From: fooz@elm.lle.rochester.edu (Steve Hespelt)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.admin
- Subject: Re: vmsnet.posix?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.164351.13546@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 16:43:51 GMT
- References: <91866@bu.edu> <1992Jul24.212411.13734@infocomm.com> <14u80dINNbda@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr> <1992Jul27.142517.1@highd.enet.dec.com>
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- In article <1992Jul27.142517.1@highd.enet.dec.com>, fisher@highd.enet.dec.com
- writes:
- [stuf deleted...]
- >I disagree to a point here - if a user logs into the POSIX shell and never
- >touches DCL or VMS library functions, this is true, but a VMSNET.POSIX for the
- >discussion of VMS Posix, and how to interoperate between VMS and VMS Posix
- >(i.e. calling shell from DCL, DCL from shell, file name string scan hints and
- >kings, etc) would not be appropriate in the comp.unix heiarchy - in fact many
- >comp.unix folks may be offended by the mere presense of VMS'ers asking a bunch
- >of questions that are "irrelavent to a real UN*X system."
- >
- >My vote would be for a VMSNET.POSIX, even if the traffic doesn't warrant it, it
- >would announce the category of questions, and may get more specific readership.
- >
- >--
- >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >Lawrence Fisher Realtime Software Specialist
- >Fisher@HIGHD.ENET.DEC.COM Digital Equipment Corporation
- > Ridgecrest, CA
- >* This message reflects my own views/opinions, not those of my company *
- >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- I agree strongly with Mr. Fisher on this.
- -steve
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