From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 7:16:21 PM UTC+10, Rod Pemberton wrote:   
      
   > > And third, because nobody is interested in single-user,   
   > > single-application operating environments for any form of real   
   > > production work.   
   > >   
   > You could be talking about mainframes here or you could be talking   
   > about servers. Your statement is true for one and false for the other.   
      
   I don't know what Scott's definition of "real production work"   
   is, but my real production work is building executables.   
      
   And I do that currently on MVS/380, and may switch to   
   PDOS/3X0 in the future.   
      
   I only need a single-tasking system to do this work. I   
   actually work from a Windows command prompt and   
   just type in "allmvs" and wait a bit.   
      
   Now maybe Scott's definition of real production work   
   is that you have to actually be paid for your work. So   
   if you cut a check for me of US$0.20, that nullifies that   
   argument. Same thing if my wife cuts the check.   
      
   Regardless, if you set some arbitrary amount of money   
   that needs to be forked over, and an arbitrary source of   
   that money, ie no relatives allowed, then that rules me   
   out.   
      
   Whether it rules out the rest of the planet I have no idea.   
   I'm not omniscient like a large number of people on   
   Usenet it seems.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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