[Info-vax] OT: IBM to buy Sun

[Bob Eager]

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:41:06 UTC, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon)
wrote:

> 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?  :-)

Why not? The X interface still sucks compared to the OS/2 Workplace 
Shell.

I'm used to using VMS at a command line anyway, so I access the VMS 
boxes from an OS/2 terminal window!
-- 
Bob Eager