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Aucbvax.5807 fa.info-vax utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!info-vax Sat Jan 16 10:40:02 1982 pandora's box >From MILLER@MIT-AI Sat Jan 16 10:28:50 1982 In asking folks about vms versus unix, I have seen very strong opinions by very knowledgeable people on both sides. I have never seen so little consensus among the group of people whose opinions I normally trust.

We are about to get a VAX. We want to run LISP (whatever flavor is going to be widely adopted and well-supported). A lot of the usage will be for text editing (as close to ITS Emacs as possible), document preparation (as close to R as possible), and electronic mail (as close to BABYL as possible).

Which OS should we run, ignoring the small matter of $43,300 for System III sources plus Berkeley stuff (we are a private company) if we choose unix?

Thanks, Mark ps. If the moderator feels this topic is inappropriate (or too controversial?) for the list, please feel free to just reply to me privately.

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