[Info-vax] Should Oracle buy OpenVMS?

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <49ee7686$0$90263$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
	Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>> JF Mezei wrote:
>>> But the question is whether outfits like RedHat, IBM etc can provide
>>> comparale Linux support for much less than what Sun charges for Solaris
>>> suport or whether they are all more or less the same.
>> 
>> Assuming a level playing field; e.g. employing U.S. citizens working in 
>> the U.S. of A. the cost of providing support is going to depend strongly 
>> on the quality of the product and its documentation.
> 
> The official documentation of Linux is not that good. I am sure it is
> way below Solaris standard.

So is the OS, but that doesn't stop people from flocking to it.  Isn't
it amazing what marketing can do?

> 
> But access to the source code, millions of web pages with info
> and millions of users willing to answer questions in usenet/web forums
> make up for the lacks in documentation.

Which is great, if you actually trust that they know what they are talking
about.  Strange model to bet one's business on.

> 
> If you pick a stable server distro then the quality is OK.

And if there are even more stable options with better documentation
why is it that so many people are betting the farm on Linux?

bill

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