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Don't tell Dave Cutler you're running OpenVMS on top of a *nix!
by jdblair 7y ago
Don't tell Dave Cutler you're running OpenVMS on top of a *nix!
- ch_123 7y agoFrom Wikipedia: > [Cutler] expressed his low opinion of the Unix process input/output model by reciting "Get a byte, get a byte, get a byte byte byte" to the tune of the finale of Rossini's William Tell Overture.
- vaxman 7y agoHe is the turncoat that brought down the empire. He was full on correct about Unix though, except that we're not fighting over sub-MIPS resources anymore so the "waste" created by that architecture doesn't affect the bottom line as much (unless you're Google hah -donworrydeyreworkinonit).