[Info-vax] Should Oracle buy OpenVMS?

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <BsydnYlTIuL-gXLUnZ2dnUVZ_hVi4p2d at giganews.com>,
	"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
> 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??????

I didn't answer the original question because the list is just way too long.
Especially if you just add "better" to the end of each item.


bill

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