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		nomadic_09 on Dec 19, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Unix made it to the top I risk sounding ignorant, but what does 'VMS' stand for? I tried googling--led to several different results for VMS.

grzm on Dec 19, 2016 [–]

VMS (virtual memory system) was the OS that ran on Digital's VAX machines. Your sibling comments have more info as well.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVMS

- http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/docs/vms_vs_unix.html

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