Asri-unix.552 net.unix-wizards utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!menlo70!sri-unix!MILLER@MIT-AI Sun Jan 17 07:40:05 1982 pandora's box From: Mark L Miller In asking folks about vms versus unix, I have seen very strong opinions by very knowledgeable people on both sides. I have never seen so little consensus among the group of people whose opinions I normally trust. We are about to get a VAX. We want to run LISP (whatever flavor is going to be widely adopted and well-supported). A lot of the usage will be for text editing (as close to ITS Emacs as possible), document preparation (as close to R as possible), and electronic mail (as close to BABYL as possible). Which OS should we run, ignoring the small matter of $43,300 for System III sources plus Berkeley stuff (we are a private company) if we choose unix? Thanks, Mark ps. If the moderator feels th ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.