[Info-vax] Happy new Year !

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 31-12-2009 05:28, H Vlems wrote:
> JF, I'm afraid that the next decade will see the end of a truly great
> Operating System.
> The optimism generated by the port of VMS to Itanium, early 2003 is,
> for me at least, completely gone.
> If somebody would want an answer to the question "Name an extremely
> reliable platform for a mission critical application"
> then I would no longer dare to suggest VMS.
> I understand the need for standardization, just trying to figure out
> what kind of memory fits in a certain VAX or Alpha is a RPITA at
> times.
> However if standardization also means being stripped of high quality
> solutions then it is not for me.

I think there is every reason to believe that the decline
in the number of VMS systems will continue in the next decade.

In 2020 there will be few left.

Sad, but realistic.

Arne