[Info-vax] OT: IBM to buy Sun

[Christopher]

On Mar 19, 8:16 am, "Bob Eager" <rd... at spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:02:38 UTC, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon)
> wrote:
>
> > In article <gpsa41$vq8$0... at news.t-online.com>,
> >    Michael Kraemer <M.Krae... at gsi.de> writes:
> > > David J Dachtera schrieb:
>
> > >> That said, It's probably time to suggest that IBM also buy VMS and
> > >> Non-stop from HP.
>
> > > People suggesting IBM as a saviour for VMS seem to
> > > forget what happened to OS/2.
>
> > Comparing OS/2 to VMS is like comparing a Yugo to a Porsche.
>
> But, after all, the required hardware was a *lot* cheaper.
>
> (and I still use BOTH)
>
> --
> Bob Eager

OpenVMS is *not* a Porsche.  A bulldozer maybe.  A hummer possibly.
Not a Porsche.