Powerhouse 7.10/8.30 VMS upgrade (survey results - sort of)

[Witkopp, Richard]

Itanium (nee Merced) will be around for awhile, if for
no other reason than HP's sponsorship, which they took on
long before acquiring Compaq. That they are continuing the
VMS port to Itanium indicates the Alpha platform will live
on for at least a bit.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnson, Tracy [mailto:Tracy.Johnson@msiusa.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 5:52 AM
> To: PowerHouse List (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: Powerhouse 7.10/8.30 VMS upgrade (survey results 
> - sort of)
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Edis, Bob [mailto:BEdis@usbnc.org]
> > 
> > G'day Rick
> > 
> > I have to take objection to some of your remarks.
> > 
> > 1. what do you mean by "run efficiently on hardware with a 
> future"?  I
> > believe the Itanium 64 bit processor will be the leading CPU 
> > for systems for
> > year to come.
> > 2. At least two models of Oracle databases run on OpenVMS.  
> > Plus Oracle
> > applications also run on OpenVMS.
> > 3. C/S technology is so 1970s! :)
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Blue
> 
> 
> Like Bob said,  a year to come.
> 
> (At least.)
> 
> {:-))
> 
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