From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Juanma Barranquero" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Debian/GFDL Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:33:45 +0100 Message-ID: References: <878xijmdsi.fsf@ma-patru.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de> <8764dn3q6p.fsf@localhorst.mine.nu> <20061113104909.GH1352@gmail.com> <87zmavhttc.fsf@hans.local.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1163457347 1029 80.91.229.2 (13 Nov 2006 22:35:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:35:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 13 23:35:45 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjkOS-00039A-5l for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:35:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjkOR-0005wL-Gx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:35:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GjkNB-0005SU-Dd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:33:49 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GjkN9-0005R5-JW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:33:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjkN9-0005Qx-6e for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:33:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [64.233.166.178] (helo=py-out-1112.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GjkN9-0002vv-9b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:33:47 -0500 Original-Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id p76so818273pyb for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:33:46 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=PS37hGO8/wNwPYTDnWiyuE4ZxunCdtiQB5xoEepQqSts9wn6paLSvWFt0VZWGXmRcNAxIbQIBMiMqv8i2MaGoW2wJQYKS8PO8EoJBou8hZlKL9dougcf1BschjKJnjy3Ta4rfzBZ/Bt6Pst2s6eeFaYYIC1Z9UvKwHd3OvaIu6Q= Original-Received: by 10.35.46.11 with SMTP id y11mr276321pyj.1163457226343; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:33:46 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.35.95.18 with HTTP; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:33:45 -0800 (PST) Original-To: "Dieter Wilhelm" In-Reply-To: <87zmavhttc.fsf@hans.local.net> Content-Disposition: inline X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:38690 Archived-At: On 11/13/06, Dieter Wilhelm wrote: > You made curious, how could--I assume--an old, probably not further > developed OS be better than our modern OSs? It wasn't stable. It was rock solid. Perfect for serious applications. Windows, GNU/Linux, MacOS... they're desktop OS (yes, I know about Windows Server, and that GNU/Linux is used for big applications... That only means they're stretched far beyond their optimum point). > Would it be > advantages even nowadays to run VAX/VMS from a user point of view? Probably not. /L/e/k/t/u