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>Wow, what functionality did it have that took all those pages to document? Can you offer any examples of things it could do that Unix couldn't? Here's an inte
by nobody9999 6y ago
>Wow, what functionality did it have that took all those pages to document? Can you offer any examples of things it could do that Unix couldn't?
Here's an interesting comparison:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/docs/vms_vs_unix.html http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/docs/vms_vs_unix.html
Although it's light on internals.
Much more detail can be had from here:
http://www.hoffmanlabs.org/vmsfaq/vmsfaq_contents.html http://www.hoffmanlabs.org/vmsfaq/vmsfaq_contents.html
If you want to check out OpenVMS for yourself, you can get a "community license" and the code once it's released:
https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2020-07-28-community-license/ https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2020-07-28-community-lice...