Re: Best Platform for Oracle

From: Norris <jcheong_at_cooper.com.hk>
Date: 23 Oct 2000 14:53:24 GMT
Message-ID: <8t1jd4$h8r2@imsp212.netvigator.com>

What is the difference between OpenVMS and VMS (Closed) ?

Mon, 23 Oct 2000 07:18:33 GMT STiger2000 <stiger2000_at_my-deja.com> wrote:
> OpenVMS is a proprietary OS from a company formerly known as Digital
> Equipment Corporation (now owned by Compaq). OpenVMS is a robust,
> secure, multi-user OS with TruClusters (or however they're spelling it
> this week).
> OpenVMS isn't so much a program as a set of routines that are interrupt
> driven. With Unix you get the kernel ... and so much more ...
> They're different as night and day ... but from the management /
> administrator side ... it's the same job:
> in OpenVMS you say DIR ... in Unix you say ls
> in OpenVMS you say TYPE ... in Unix you say cat
> etc etc etc
> OpenVMS will be around for awhile, but it is only commercially
> available on the Compaq Alpha platform - which is a solid box.
> Saying 'Unix' is kind of like saying 'soup' ... there are so many
> kinds.
> Phillipe Bourne has a book that nicely translates VMS into Unix for the
> experienced System Manager...I suppose it could be read backwards for a
> SysAdmin that needed to know VMS.
>
> jc
>
> In article <8t037a$6ca692_at_imsp212.netvigator.com>,
> Norris <jcheong_at_cooper.com.hk> wrote:

>> Does the OpenVMS work similiar to Unix?
>>
>> Sun, 22 Oct 2000 12:17:17 +0400 Ruslan R. Laishev

 <Laishev_at_smtp.deltatel.ru> wrote:

>> > The OpenVMS!
>> >
>> >
>> > Norris wrote:
>> >>
>> >> May I know which plaform is best for oracle?
>> >>
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>> > +------------------pure personal opinion-----------------------+
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