[Info-vax] OT: IBM to buy Sun

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <176uZD2KcidF-pn2-JGm0PEcvYd2Y at rikki.tavi.co.uk>,
	"Bob Eager" <rde42 at spamcop.net> writes:
> On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:02:38 UTC, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon)
> wrote:
> 
>> In article <gpsa41$vq8$03$2 at news.t-online.com>,
>> 	Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer 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.

So was the Yugo, compared to the Porsche.  And they will both get you
from point A to point B,  Which one would you rather take?

> 
> (and I still use BOTH)

What?  A Yugo and a Porsche?  :-)

bill
 

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