bigjohn@manta.NOSC.MIL (John Morris) (08/01/90)
I have a program, object database server, that is running under VMS on a VAX and have been told that UNIX is incapable of supporting the software. "UNIX doesn't do multitasking or have shared memory." I plead ignorance, obviously, is it likely that the vendor is it likely that the vendor is protecting a sacred bovine?
tim@cs.columbia.edu (Timothy Jones) (08/01/90)
On 31 Jul 90 20:55:45 GMT, bigjohn@manta.NOSC.MIL (John Morris) said: John> I have a program, object database server, that is running under John> VMS on a VAX and have been told that UNIX is incapable of John> supporting the software. "UNIX doesn't do multitasking or have John> shared memory." Who told you this? Hit them over the head with something... Tim -- Timothy Jones tim@cs.columbia.edu Department of Computer Science ...!rutgers!cs.columbia.edu!tim Columbia University tim%cs.columbia.edu@cuvmb.bitnet
todd@slammer.UUCP (Todd Merriman) (08/01/90)
In article <1169@manta.NOSC.MIL> bigjohn@manta.NOSC.MIL (John Morris) writes: > > I have a program, object database server, that is running under > VMS on a VAX and have been told that UNIX is incapable of > supporting the software. "UNIX doesn't do multitasking or have > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > shared memory." > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This statement is ridiculously off. The fact is, both VMS and UNIX have approximately the same capabilities, but things like sub-process creatation and inter-process communication are implemented very differently. Applications with such embedded code will require changes. todd@slammer.UUCP Todd Merriman Software Toolz, Inc. Atlanta, GA V-mail (800) 869-3878 (404) 889-8264