Guilty as charged. I imagine VMS used a few ideas from Unix, but my phrase "descendant" [note spelling] was just trying to get away from "clone". Apparently not far enough. :-}
--Bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 2:33 pm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re[2]: vmsperl Digest 2 Apr 2003 21:19:24 -0000 Issue 685 >Certainly Unix predates VMS. Of course. I never claimed otherwise. "descendent", however, implies VMS is derived from Unix roots. While Unix is an antecedent of VMS, it is not a progenitor. Brian Tillman Internet: Brian.Tillman at smiths-aerospace dot com Smiths Aerospace Addresses modified to prevent SPAM. 3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS Replace "at" with "@", "dot" with "." Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991 This opinion doesn't represent that of my company ********************************************************************** This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and may be legally privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. This e-mail and its files are intended solely for the individual or entity to whom they are addressed and their content is the property of Smiths Aerospace. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose this communication. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the e-mail administrator at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and then delete this e-mail, its files and any copies. This footnote also confirms that this e-mail message has been scanned for the presence of known computer viruses. Smiths addresses are changing! The new addresses are of the form [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please update your address books! Please begin using the new form immediately. ***********************************************************************
