As the parent says, Workstation lets you keep a practically unlimited tree of snapshots, which is great for testing. Server can only take a single snapshot. (Sure, it can be copied and stashed somewhere manually, but the Workstation interface is much nicer and the incremental shapshots more efficient.)
The #1 problem with drunk driving is being able to react to hazards in a timely manner... Staying in lane is easy.
Not to go too far off topic, but NHTSA studies found four behaviors that highly correlate with DUI. Number one is "Problems in maintaining proper lane position."
No, development will not grind to a stop; large companies like Microsoft often have cross-patent agreements with competitors. They also have such a huge patent portfolio that the threat of countersuits is enough to discourage anyone from trying to sue them.
So development by startups and independent developers might grind to a halt, but the Microsofts of the world will keep right on going.
I remember trying out some 5-digit years when we were doing Y2K testing, just to see what would happen. It seemed to work, except for displays that assumed four digits. Dates below Y10K looked fine.
$ set time="10-jun-9425 15:20" $ show time 10-JUN-9425 15:20:02 $ show system/noprocesses OpenVMS V7.3-2 on node FUBAR 10-JUN-9425 15:20:03.57 Uptime 8 22:13:33
I did read the article. It says the cash goes to "mostly" sales and service people, which means a few others (a good guess: top executives) get to dip into the pot.
It does not say how much goes to the sales and service people, and how much to the unnamed others.
VMS did not let you put a lot of nice characters like space or multiple periods in the filenames, a far, far worse problem for the user than case sensitivity.
As of OpenVMS V7.2 (the ODS-5 filesystem), you can use pretty much the same character set for filenames on VMS as you can on UNIX or Windows. The filesystem is still case-INsensitive, though. (A good thing, IMHO.)
Re: compilers - The OpenVMS C compilers are extremely flexible. Perhaps the system you were using was set up to use STANDARD=ANSI89 or more likely, STANDARD=VAXC, both of which prohibit C++-style comments. The default is STANDARD=RELAXED_ANSI89, which does allow them.
Re: versioning - if you really want to, you can disable versioning on a per-file or per-directory basis, and not use them at all. You still see a trailing version number, but can ignore it.
Actually, it's the other way around; VMS never had an "apropos" sort of command to search for keywords, but to get help on, say, the DIRECTORY command, you just type "HELP DIRECTORY".
On the plus side, VMS help is hierarchical, so you can usually navigate your way down to what you're looking for by choosing the appropriate item from a list.
Source listings are still available, but they're no longer given away. These days, I think a listings CD will cost you on the order of $2000. (I can't find a price online.)
$2K is expensive, but it's all relative; other commercial OS's (such as the ones from Redmond) won't give you access to their source listings at all.
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As the parent says, Workstation lets you keep a practically unlimited tree of snapshots, which is great for testing. Server can only take a single snapshot. (Sure, it can be copied and stashed somewhere manually, but the Workstation interface is much nicer and the incremental shapshots more efficient.)
Not to go too far off topic, but NHTSA studies found four behaviors that highly correlate with DUI. Number one is "Problems in maintaining proper lane position."
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/dwi /dwihtml/
No, development will not grind to a stop; large companies like Microsoft often have cross-patent agreements with competitors. They also have such a huge patent portfolio that the threat of countersuits is enough to discourage anyone from trying to sue them.
So development by startups and independent developers might grind to a halt, but the Microsofts of the world will keep right on going.
Sometimes not very good guards or very secure locations. Fulton County, Atlanta lost 67 memory cards last week. (http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/metro/election02 /09fultonvotes.html)
I did read the article. It says the cash goes to "mostly" sales and service people, which means a few others (a good guess: top executives) get to dip into the pot. It does not say how much goes to the sales and service people, and how much to the unnamed others.
No BS about the public good? How about the first sentence: "insure domestic Tranquility... promote the general Welfare..."
Even granting your argument that greed is good: Dead bodies have no greed. So why should dead bodies have intellectual property rights?
Re: compilers - The OpenVMS C compilers are extremely flexible. Perhaps the system you were using was set up to use STANDARD=ANSI89 or more likely, STANDARD=VAXC, both of which prohibit C++-style comments. The default is STANDARD=RELAXED_ANSI89, which does allow them. Re: versioning - if you really want to, you can disable versioning on a per-file or per-directory basis, and not use them at all. You still see a trailing version number, but can ignore it.
Each version of a file is completely independent of other versions. Thankfully, disk space is cheap these days.
Actually, it's the other way around; VMS never had an "apropos" sort of command to search for keywords, but to get help on, say, the DIRECTORY command, you just type "HELP DIRECTORY".
On the plus side, VMS help is hierarchical, so you can usually navigate your way down to what you're looking for by choosing the appropriate item from a list.
Source listings are still available, but they're no longer given away. These days, I think a listings CD will cost you on the order of $2000. (I can't find a price online.) $2K is expensive, but it's all relative; other commercial OS's (such as the ones from Redmond) won't give you access to their source listings at all.