@pesnta.UUCP (10/15/83)
Well, I think I have finally received all the responses to my article about a month ago. I am posting the summary here and will mail all the responses I got to those who requested them. The following is the number of people who said they liked a particular OS. Total number of responses = 50 UNIX 33.5 VMS 5.5 TOPS-20 2.5 VM/CMS 2 NOS 1 AEGIS 1 ITS 1 RDOS 1 SCOPE-2 1 DUAL MACE .5 CP/M .5 TOPS-10 .5 The following were mentioned but not generally prefered MVS,MSDOS,RSX-11M,MARC,CP-V,RTE-IVB,KRONOS,MACE,MCP,RSTS-E TRSDOS,ISIS,RMX86,TSS,MULTICS,HS-DOS,ASTRA,MVT,OS/8,OS/9 MVS/TSO,EXEC 8,COS,DOS(several,machines),SCOPE,DTSS The question of why people liked a particular OS was very subjective and can not be summarized very easily.