[Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system

[Arne Vajhøj]

JF Mezei wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> I don't think the price difference Itanium - x86-64 and uncertainty
>> about Itanium are the only reasons holding back VMS.
>>
>> The market wants Linux.
> 
> The market wants what trade rags tells them what they should want.
> 
> Trade rags publish whatever information vendor provide them in press
> releases and white papers (as well as what gartner says).

There are many reasons why the situation is as it is.

> If the owner of VMS had wanted to, they would have marketed it as a
> viable modern solution with market leading clustering etc. It is all
> water under the bridge now.

Yes.

If and if does not change how the reality is.

Arne