[texhax] dvi vs pdf

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 2 December 2010 Peter Davis wrote:

 > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at web.de>wrote:
 > 
 > > No, you should know Phil better.  If he uses the word "sane", he has
 > > VMS in mind.  But he still believes that VMS and Windows is one and
 > > the same thing.
 > >
 > 
 > That's not so far-fetched, given that David Cutler was a (the?)
 > leading architect of both VMS and NT.

I know.  But it doesn't mean that NT and VMS are identical.  Windows
is a mixture of VMS, MS-DOG, Unix, maybe some others, and own
extensions.  I can't imagine that VMS, or any other OS, was/is such a
mess.

Regards,
  Reinhard

-- 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reinhard Kotucha			              Phone: +49-511-3373112
Marschnerstr. 25
D-30167 Hannover	                      mailto:reinhard.kotucha at web.de
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Microsoft isn't the answer. Microsoft is the question, and the answer is NO.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------