Okay, granted. I thought 'clone' was too close. Guess we're up to rev. 0.001 already.
--Bob van Keuren -----Original Message----- From: Henderson, Jordan (Contractor) (DAASC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 9:26 am To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: reverse(qw(VMS to Linux HOWTO)); Ouch! I wouldn't call VMS a "Unix descendent". -Jordan Henderson The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people bitter and cruel. -- W. Somerset Maugham > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 12:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: reverse(qw(VMS to Linux HOWTO)); > > Well, I don't think I have the Linux or Perl background to do the whole > document, but here's a start--the first two paragraphs.... ;-) > > --Bob van Keuren > AMS, San Diego, CA > > 1. Introduction > 1.1 Why VMS? > > > You've heard that VMS is difficult and less flexible, and balk at the > prospect of leaving Unix, don't you? Don't worry. VMS, one of the finest > UNIX descendants, is not more difficult to use than Linux; actually, I > find > it easier. Although Linux aficionados may not agree, in many people's > opinion VMS is much more powerful, stable, regular, and versatile. > > VMS and Linux are both good operating systems and accomplish essentially > the > same tasks, but VMS has a few features that make it a good alternative to > Linux. VMS uses the same X-Windows as Unix. VMS may soon use the same > Itanium chips that other PCs will. Moreover, VMS uses friendly, consistent > English-like commands while Linux does not, and modern Alpha-based VMS > machines can outperform a Pentium. VMS is a rock-solid, industrial > strength > operating system used for 24/7 critical operations by many companies such > as > major hospitals. The icing on the cake is the excellent performance of > modern video cards, which turn an Alpha-based VMS box into a fast graphic > workstation; nearly always quicker than dedicated machines. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael G Schwern [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 5:37 pm > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: reverse(qw(VMS to Linux HOWTO)); > > > I have a project for anyone interested. There's lots of VMS -> Unix > conversion documents, but in the Perl core world we often have to go > the other way. Translating Unix-centric programs to VMS. Most selfishly, > MakeMaker. > > I've been muddling along pretty well by reversing VMS-to-Unix howtos, but > I'd love to see a real Unix-to-VMS howto. I'd suggest someone take an > existing, well written VMS->Unix howto like this one: > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/VMS-to-Linux-HOWTO.html > and reverse it. It should be a fairly rote task and will help immensely. >
