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Re:OpenVMS State of the Port to x86_64 [pdf] by rollthehard6 on Monday July 17, 2017 @04:43AM (#14786668)
One nice feature of VMS that I haven't seen mentioned here yet is the built in versioning of files. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Files-11
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Re:OpenVMS State of the Port to x86_64 [pdf] by bediger4000 on Monday July 17, 2017 @08:05PM (#14793344)
This was widely reputed to be a method for DEC to sell more (expensive) disks. The only thing I ever found a use for the built-in versions was to purge them.
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