[Info-vax] Should Oracle buy OpenVMS?

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <49ee7288$0$90266$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>> 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.
> 
>    As have been discussed here in c.o.v many times over the years, many
>    of us use VMS for things UNIX just can't do.  We recognise that for
>    the vast majority of the market that consideration is null (i.e. UNIX
>    and VMS can both do all the things they need), or reversed (i.e. a
>    product exists that only runs on UNIX).
> 
>    What in the world can Solaris do that Linux just can't do?
> 

Be an alternative to Linux??????