VMS - UNIX port

[Todd Merriman]

In article <1169 at manta.NOSC.MIL> bigjohn at 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.

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   Todd Merriman
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