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

[Al Karman]

Richard raises some good points...doesn't make them viable, just
good...]:-)

They bagged HP3000 and the MPE/iX 'ecosystem' <<after>> spending lotta
$$$.  They were less than truthful to the 3000 world as to their
intentions....as recently as 2000 there were long-range documents, etc.
which contained the 3000 as a go-forward tool.  I respect their
decision....

He repeats - I'd be particularly careful reading anything into anything
else.

Al Karman
Lady Remington Jewelry
alk@lady reming tonjew elry dot.com


So why would they spend all that money? HP is not the
devious sort. They plan to bag MPE (?) and said so to
the world. If they wanted to bag VMS they had the perfect opportunity.
It would not have been a big shock to anybody if they had announced it
when they acquired Compaq.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Al Karman [mailto:alkarman@wideopenwest.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 10:22 AM
> To: 'PowerHouse List (E-mail)'
> Subject: RE: Powerhouse 7.10/8.30 VMS upgrade (survey results
> - sort of)
> 
> 
> FWIW, I'd be particularly careful reading anything into anything else.

> HP and their sponsorship of product lines <HP3000> is open to healthy 
> mistrust.  Continuation of the VMS port to Itanium is just that...a 
> VMS port and nothing else.
> 
> Al Karman
> Lady Remington Jewelry
> alk@lady remington jewelry dot.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: powerh-l-admin@cube.swau.edu
> [mailto:powerh-l-admin@cube.swau.edu]
> On Behalf Of Witkopp, Richard
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 11:55 AM
> To: PowerHouse List (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: Powerhouse 7.10/8.30 VMS upgrade (survey results 
> - sort of)
> 
> 
> 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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