[Info-vax] Should Oracle buy OpenVMS?

[Bob Koehler]

In article <f7831760-5420-4250-ab08-a1f8071608c2 at k38g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, Neil Rieck <n.rieck at sympatico.ca> writes:
> 
> Intel made deals with Compaq to kill Alpha. They might make deals with
> Oracle to kill SPARC. If any of these deals involve cash, those assets
> could be used to build/rebuild an OpenVMS support group. They already
> have enough money to pay for a port to x86-64

   Yes, but can you convince Intel that there would be a market for it?
   Or anyone else, for that matter?  You'ld be asking Intel to get into
   an entirely new line of business.