[Vms.sig-hu] HP OpenVMS Pearl - Computerworld (fwd)

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Dátum: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 13:18:04 -0400
Feladó: Skonetski, Susan <susan.skonetski at hp.com>
Címzett: Skonetski, Susan <susan.skonetski at hp.com>
Tárgy: HP OpenVMS Pearl - Computerworld

http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/mainframes/
story/0,
10801,102865,00.html


JULY 04, 2005 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Frank da Cruz, an IT manager at 
Columbia
University, says it's not fashionable to admit to running old systems.
"People say they have to have the latest version of Windows and the
latest three-letter acronym or buzzword or their stock will go down," he
says. "But the people in the back office are running something that's
really battle-proven and tested and secure, like VMS, for example." 
Da Cruz is the author of an online history of computing. Among the 
gems
to be found in it is his "Glossary of Forgotten Terms." Here's a
sampling from the good old days: 


batch 

core 

CRT 

drum 

paper tape 

plugboard 

punched card 

relay 

remote job entry 

TTY
For definitions of those terms and much more information about those 
mad
mainframes, check out da Cruz's Web site: 
www.columbia.edu/acis/history


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