[Info-vax] Should Oracle buy OpenVMS?

[Arne Vajhøj]

JF Mezei wrote:
> Bob Koehler wrote:
>>    Hard to justify Sun hardware or Solaris when PC hardware running
>>    Linux meets the "UNIX is good enough" criteria.
> 
> What about folks such as banks who chose Sun for their non-IBM mainframe
> stuff back in .com era. Wouldn't they still be with Sun because of the
> greater comfort factor about support/maintenance ?

There are some high end customers that may not be happy to leave
Solaris.

Just as there are similar that are not happy to leave VMS.

But that does only ensure that an OS will be supported for
many years not that it will grow and prosper.

Arne