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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

The real tragedy of the era was VAX/VMS. It was the OS for DEC minicomputers and considered great. However, closed source. So it was eclipsed. DEC, the second largest computer company, withered and was sold to COMPAQ. I’m sure many DEC/VAX’s are still in operation, but DEC management never capitalized.

I wrote my first e-mail on a DEC/VAX in 1981.


5 posted on 04/03/2012 9:53:47 AM PDT by cicero2k
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To: cicero2k

OS/Who?


9 posted on 04/03/2012 9:56:23 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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VAX/VMS and later Alpha/VMS was simply awesome. Tons of groundbreaking software like VAXnotes (the precursor to ALL forum software and Runoff (the precursor to HTML).

I worked at DEC from ‘84 to ‘92.


14 posted on 04/03/2012 10:03:10 AM PDT by Peter from Rutland
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To: cicero2k
The real tragedy of the era was VAX/VMS.

The lead designer of VAX/VMS, David Cutler, was hired by Microsoft as Chief Architect of Windows NT.

21 posted on 04/03/2012 10:12:14 AM PDT by Gideon7
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