[Info-vax] OT: IBM to buy Sun

[David J Dachtera]

Bill Pechter wrote:
> 
> Only the strong survive.

At the risk of starting an OT rant-fest, technically speaking, that's
not what Darwin said. Darwin said that those species best fit (most well
adapted) to their environment are likely to surivive. "Fittest" has been
misinterpreted as "most physically fit" rather than the original intent
of "most adaptively fit to the environment / circumstances". Arguably,
mammoths, dinosaurs, etc. were likely the "stongest" creatures of their
time, yet they perished when their environment no longer matched their
adaptations or otherwise became inhospitable.

That said, It's probably time to suggest that IBM also buy VMS and
Non-stop from HP. Then, they'll once again have a more-or-less "corner"
on the Enterprise computing market.

If they then ported both to Power, imagine the possibilities...

My /IMAGE backups would be done before I get the tapes MOUNTed!

D.J.D.