[Info-vax] Life after Digital

[JF Mezei]

Neil Rieck wrote:

> Not sure how much an Xserve will cost you, but have you checked out
> any of the used RX2600 Itanium boxes on eBay? 


The whole point of going Xserve is to go for an actively developped OS
that has modern features and can handle simple stuff as SMTP
authentication etc etc etc.

There comes a point where there is no point in continuing to fight when
the owner of VMS is clearly not interested in improving VMS's fortunes
and be restricted in what you do because VMS lacks new features (or
implementing them requires you write them yourself).

And from a personal point of view, VMS skills are a "legacy" liability
and I need to acquire marketable Unix skills/experience.

Some used IA64 box isn't going to give me anything than I can't already
do on a VAX or Alpha. If fact, I can't run ALL-IN-1 on an IA-64.

Also, xserve gives me a 64 bit quadcore 8086 with quickpath which should
last me a number of years and can be used to boot modern OS's including
Linux or <cough> even Windows</cough>.   This technology isn't even
available on IA64 yet and not even sure how many years before it is
affordable.