[Info-vax] In the top 25 tech disasters

[Tom Linden]

On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:51:14 -0800, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:

> pos wrote:
>> "John Smith (not the one @ HP)" <a at nonymous.com> wrote in message
>> news:51fa7$495ce500$cef8b0f3$876 at TEKSAVVY.COM-Free...
>>> http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/21/03FE-25-tech-failures_5.html
>>>
>>> 10) Itanic
>>>
>>> 6) Carly
>>>
>>>
>>> Ok, it's not a complete list and it is biased - for example it leaves  
>>> out
>> GQ
>>> Bob and some other large tech flops.
>
>  > also missed out Digital UNIX (designed to supplant OpenVMS)
>
> I would not call DEC OSF/1 alias Digital Unix alias Tru64
> a technical disaster.
>
> With my limited knowledge it was a good Unix and did sell
> pretty good for some years.

I have done development both under Tru64 and HP-UX,  maybe it has improved
but then HP-UX was hardly commercial grade, Tru64 OTOH was.
>
> Arne



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