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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>VMS</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../V.html" title="V"/><link rel="previous" href="Visual-Fred.html" title="Visual Fred"/><link rel="next" href="voice.html" title="voice"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">VMS</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Visual-Fred.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">V</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="voice.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="VMS"/><dt xmlns="" id="VMS"><b>VMS</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/V<>M<EFBFBD>S/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> <a href="../D/DEC.html"><i class="glossterm">DEC</i></a>'s proprietary operating system for its
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<a href="VAX.html"><i class="glossterm">VAX</i></a> minicomputer; one of the seven or so environments that loom largest in
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hacker folklore. Many Unix fans generously concede that VMS would probably
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be the hacker's favorite commercial OS if Unix didn't exist; though true,
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this makes VMS fans furious. One major hacker gripe with VMS concerns its
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slowness — thus the following limerick:</p><div class="literallayout"><p><br/>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>There<EFBFBD>once<EFBFBD>was<EFBFBD>a<EFBFBD>system<EFBFBD>called<EFBFBD>VMS<br/>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>Of<EFBFBD>cycles<EFBFBD>by<EFBFBD>no<EFBFBD>means<EFBFBD>abstemious.<br/>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>It's<>chock-full<6C>of<6F>hacks<br/>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>And<EFBFBD>runs<EFBFBD>on<EFBFBD>a<EFBFBD>VAX<br/>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>And<EFBFBD>makes<EFBFBD>my<EFBFBD>poor<EFBFBD>stomach<EFBFBD>all<EFBFBD>squeamious.<br/>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>—<EFBFBD>The<EFBFBD>Great<EFBFBD>Quux<br/>
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</p></div><p>See also <a href="VAX.html"><i class="glossterm">VAX</i></a>, <a href="../T/TOPS-10.html"><i class="glossterm">TOPS-10</i></a>,
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<a href="../T/TOPS-20.html"><i class="glossterm">TOPS-20</i></a>, <a href="../U/Unix.html"><i class="glossterm">Unix</i></a>,
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<a href="../R/runic.html"><i class="glossterm">runic</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Visual-Fred.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../V.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="voice.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Visual Fred<65></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>voice</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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