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Date:      05 Sep 2002 22:17:14 +0000
From:      John-David Childs <noreply@nterprise.net>
To:        Warner Joseph <Joseph.Warner@siemens.com>
Cc:        "'FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org'" <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: DEC UNIX & FreeBSD
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On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 19:46, Warner Joseph wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Other than one being a commercial product
> and the other being Open Source,I was wondering
> if anyone could tell me how similar DEC UNIX and
> FreeBSD are to each other?
> 

For me, it was the other way around (learned DEC Unix/Ultrix before
FreeBSD) but the transition was a no-brainer (8 years ago).  The *basic*
commands and flags are most likely the same, but advanced commands/flags
(i.e. vm/io/systat, kernel/disk tuning, etc) might be quite different.


> More specifically, if you're fairly proficient
> with FreeBSD, how difficult would it be to
> learn DEC or vice-versa?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
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