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I don't know about VMS specifically (more people will just know it as the thing the VAX runs), but DEC is very well known to anyone in the computer space. The

I don't know about VMS specifically (more people will just know it as the thing the VAX runs), but DEC is very well known to anyone in the computer space. The PDP series brought us Unix and GNU, and the VAX was the only mainframe capable of competing with IBM. DEC was the largest terminal manufacturer (they made the vt100 and vt220. if you've ever run a terminal emulator, chances are it's emulating one of those or a machine that did). They created CP/M (and by extension DOS). DEC is very well known

icedchai 6mo ago
CP/M was created by Digital Research, a completely different company. There is no direct relation to DEC (Digital Equipment Corp.)
- mghackerlady 6mo ago
  well nevermind
  - icedchai 6mo ago
    Even without CP/M, DEC still had incredible influence! The first multi-user system I used was a VAX, back in the late 80's.
    - mghackerlady 6mo ago
      Oh, I'm not in any way saying it didn't haha. Every other point still stands. Besides, even if it didn't directly influence DOS it did heavily influence another Microsoft operating system (NT)