From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-26 03:22:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!not-for-mail From: David Starner Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Progress on AdaOS Date: 26 Aug 2001 07:59:28 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: <9maa90$aik2@news.cis.okstate.edu> References: <9IFe7.12813$6R6.1221214@news1.cableinet.net> <9lghqu$ac6$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7C3293.76F49097@home.com> <9lhefg$lgd$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7D47F1.25D6FC78@boeing.com> <5ee5b646.0108171856.18631c4c@posting.google.com> <3B7F624B.7294D24F@acm.org> <9lr6je$5hj$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9ltoi7$4is$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B82789B.8D195045@home.com> <9ltuo8$70n$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B829450.879B0396@home.com> <9m8m7s$9qe1@news.cis.okstate.edu> <3B87FDCB.CCCA0D8D@lmtas.lmco.com> Reply-To: dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e5129.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12426 Date: 2001-08-26T07:59:28+00:00 List-Id: Can you please trim the message a little more? On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 14:34:35 -0500, Gary Scott wrote: > MVS surely qualifies as surpassing VMS in total numbers of users, we > have several hundred thousands at my company alone (although some don't > realize that they're using it because it's hidden behind a nifty GUI). > Last estimate that I saw for VM was that there were 8 to 10 million > users world wide (similar figures for OS/2). I'm sure that's declined > (in both cases), but virtually every large company that has a mainframe > in their accounting department has a VM system in addition to MVS or > OS/390. But then, every OS survey I've seen conveniently discounts > mainframe usage altogether. If it's hidden behind a nifty GUI, do they really count as users of the OS? I mean, I use all sorts of OS's everyday hidden behind a (not quite so nifty) GUI known as a web browser. But the OS on the other side of that link concerns me not. If that nifty GUI is done right, the OS behind it could change from MVS to Unix to NT to MacOS X and the end user would never know. -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I don't care if Bill personally has my name and reads my email and laughs at me. In fact, I'd be rather honored." - Joseph_Greg