[Info-vax] Steel Industry WAS Re: VMS - what is the current thinking amongst the user community

[Tom Linden]

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:09:20 -0700, sapienzaf <sapienza at noesys.com> wrote:

> On Mar 29, 3:48 pm, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
>> Well, it was just
>> announced int he local paper that the facility is shutting down.  
>>  Another
>> VMS site gone.
>
> At least that one's a company going away, and not a migration to a
> different platform.
>
> I have a client that will be closing their doors in two months (or
> less).  Four VAX 7640s, two GS80s, a gaggle of lesser VAX and Alpha
> systems, an HSC star coupler, and assorted other DEC equipment will go
> off to the bone yards.
>
> And of course, I will be short one client.
>
> <sigh>
>
I know of someone that may be interested in the 7640s they are planning
to keep theirs running until 2021 and could use the spares.  Send me an
email offline.


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