[Info-vax] Happy new Year !

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 03-01-2010 20:41, JF Mezei wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> So a timeline would look more like:
>>
>> 2012 - Itanium EOL announcement
>> 2014 - last new processor model
>> 2016 - last new system model
>> 2020 - last system shipping
>> 2020 - last VMS version released
>> 2025 - end of normal service
>> 2030 - end of expensive service
>
> True 64 and MPE are better patterns to follow.
>
> 2012 - Itanium EOL announcemeent
> 2012 - VMS EOL announcement.
> 2014 - Last IA64 processor.
> 2014 - Last new VMS version
> 2014 - last new system models (may be 2015).
> 2019-2020 - Last support for VMS and IA64 hardware.

Not very realistic for an enterprise system to drop support
4-6 years after the last system model is out.

If purchase process, test etc. takes 2 years then that would
just mean 2-4 years in production.

Arne