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I love the time zone choices during installation: - GMT - GMT-0 - GMT for a second time - GMT0 - GMTPLUS0 - GREENWICH - UCT - UNIVERSAL - UTC
by anilakar 4y ago
I love the time zone choices during installation:
- GMT
- GMT-0
- GMT for a second time
- GMT0
- GMTPLUS0
- GREENWICH
- UCT
- UNIVERSAL
- UTC
- ZULU
and "FACTORY" that likely is either UTC or a semi-random US timezone. Overall this thing has a strong enterprise smell from the eighties and nineties, and not in a good sense.
Edit: on another glance, it's funny how much the linked article, online documentation and UI put emphasis on license management. We're here to make money, son!
- icedchai 4y agoVMS goes back to the 70's, now across 4 architectures: VAX, Alpha, Itanium, and now x86. I'm sure it has accumulated a ton of cruft for backwards compatibility. I worked at a VMS shop for a bit during college and shortly thereafter! It's fun to play around with, but nothing I'd want to deal with full time.
- bbatha 4y agoMy favorite VMSism is that rough equivalent of root privileges is called "executive" privilege like some C suite is going to swoop in a sudo for you.