Re: NT: son of VMS? (was Re: Portents of VMS death)

From: Paul Sture (p_sture_at_elias.decus.ch)
Date: 05/25/03 

Date: 25 May 03 09:40:15 +0200

In article <qMOdnfwqZcQmuU2jXTWcpA@metrocast.net>, "Bill Todd" <billtodd@metrocast.net> writes:
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> NT probably does have a somewhat closer relationship to VMS than what I'd
> write for a record manager today would have to RMS,

Out of curiosity, what features would you put into a new RMS, and is there
anything in particular you would drop? As this is a theoretical question,
I'm not especially concerned with backwards compatibilty. 

-- 
Paul Sture

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