[Info-vax] Out with Hurd, in with OpenVMS

[Main, Kerry]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com]
> On Behalf Of Bob Koehler
> Sent: August-19-10 8:31 AM
> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] Out with Hurd, in with OpenVMS
> 
> In article <i4hio2$42v$03$1 at news.t-online.com>, Michael Kraemer
> <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> writes:
> 
> > So a bunch of VS4000's gave many users what they wanted:
> > decent (for the time) graphics/GUI at their fingertips,
> > reasonable CPU power ...
> 
>    Which is not the same as giving them the same as what the 9000 gave
>    them.  That makes it kind of obvious that the 9000 didn't give
>    them what they wanted in the first place.
> 

[snip..]

One unheralded 9000 benefit was the development of tools which gave 
birth (or assisted with birth) of Alpha.

:-)


Regards,

Kerry Main
Senior Consultant
HP Services Canada
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