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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: Plans for mixed Alpha/VAX cluster with common system disk?
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 03:15:41 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- Message-ID: <1ehl8tINNdfp@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <01GQSBYNA64Y9I497E@KVI.nl> <1992Nov12.224853.23999@engage.pko.dec.com>,<1992Nov13.100832.3777@dxcern.cern.ch> <1992Nov19.125756.7901@slcs.slb.com>,<1992Nov19.125053.5849@ais.com>
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- In article <1992Nov19.125053.5849@ais.com>, bruce@ais.com (Bruce C. Wright) writes:
- >On the other hand, I don't think this will be that big a problem in
- >practice -- that's the way network file systems have worked in Unix
- >for years without anyone complaining much about it. Each architecture
- >just gets its system binaries from different places, & the users have
- >to fend for themselves.
-
- On the other hand, you've NEVER been able to move executables from one unix
- system to another. Frequently you can't even move some of the source code
- without putting in conditional code. On the other hand, until Alpha, one of
- DEC's slogans was
- VMS is VMS.
- An image that runs on one VMS system runs on ANY VMS system at the same version
- level, and non-privileged code almost always will continue to run after an
- upgrade. Not so any more.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-