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/VMS/ , n. DEC 's proprietary operating system for its VAX minicomputer; one
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of the seven or so environments that loom largest in hacker folklore. Many
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Unix fans generously concede that VMS would probably be the hacker's
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favorite commercial OS if Unix didn't exist; though true, this makes VMS
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fans furious. One major hacker gripe with VMS concerns its slowness thus the
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following limerick: ThereoncewasasystemcalledVMS
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Ofcyclesbynomeansabstemious. It'schock-fullofhacks AndrunsonaVAX
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Andmakesmypoorstomachallsqueamious. TheGreatQuux See also VAX , TOPS-10 ,
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TOPS-20 , Unix , runic.
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