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02-05-08, 06:31 PM
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Re: Like a kid with a new toy
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02-05-08, 10:15 PM
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Re: Like a kid with a new toy
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 This is nostalgia man  IIRC VAX was cheap. UNIX was completely flaky in those days with very little in terms of applications. ICL was dying on their feet and IBM had nothing of any note in the small / midrange business computers, so VAX / VMS filled the gap.
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