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- From: kalisiak@acsu.buffalo.edu (Christophe M. Kalisiak)
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- Subject: Re: OpenVMS, OSF/1, Windows NT...oh my!
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- Date: 9 Sep 92 14:59:39 GMT
- References: <1992Sep4.152449.96@gems.vcu.edu> <1992Sep07.180426.11417@cadlab.sublink.org> <1992Sep9.092748.3401@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
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- In article <1992Sep9.092748.3401@infodev.cam.ac.uk> rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) writes:
- >
- >In article <1992Sep07.180426.11417@cadlab.sublink.org>,
- >martelli@cadlab.sublink.org (Alex Martelli) writes:
- >|> lsgriffith@gems.vcu.edu writes:
- >|> ...
- >|> :I think it would be a very strong and positive strategic statement for
- >|> :DEC to have one box capable of running all THREE operating systems!
- >|>
- >|> I think it spells confusion.
-
- No more confusing than what is available on the Intel boxes. You have
- MS-DOS (a lousy excuse for an operating system, but that's another story),
- DR-DOS, OS/2, and a couple other similar operating systems which do pretty
- much the same thing in a different way -- they all run DOS programs.
-
- >|> :What other workstation would be able to boast such flexibility?
- >|>
- >|> Any workstation based on Intel-386 and similar chips. Far more than three
- >|> operating systems are available and reasonably popular on such boxes.
- >
- >The question _should_ have been "What other workstation _vendor_ ...";
- >however, I'm inclined to agree with Alex's characterisation of the
- >situation. Pity, really.
-
- Ah, but how many Intel-based machines can run three or more operating
- systems at once? I have heard that one can run OSF/1, OpenVMS, and
- Windows NT _concurrently_ on an Alpha box.
-
-
- Chris
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