[Info-vax] Should Oracle buy OpenVMS?

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <zVIlGWQlB4H$@eisner.encompasserve.org>,
	koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
> In article <758fk8F16p9dlU5 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>> 
>> Considering that various flavors of BSD and also Solaris run on the same
>> cheap hardware and the OS base cost is the same, I think it supports my
>> hypothesis that it is the hype that has put Linux on top.
> 
>    Hype runs the software industry.  Has for as long as I've been in it.
>    Everything is driven by unsubstantiated hype, including UNIX, OOP, 
>    SOA, B2B, .com, Windows, ...
> 
>    I could spend a day writing that list.  DEC's failure to recognise
>    and capitalize on market hype was one of thier bigger failings.

Everybody take cover.  The world, as we know it, is coming to an end.
Bob and I totally agree on something.
:-)

bill
 

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