[Info-vax] Happy new Year !

[JF Mezei]

Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> I think the key term is officially. Unofficially the real decision
> happen when it was decided to use only for high end stuff.

This was done way back in early Palmer days.

When Compaq bought Digital, Pfeiffer seemed to want to give VMS a
chance. He was ousted, and the Curly accountant continued Palmer's job.

When HP bought Compaq, it there was again an opportunity to give VMS a
new direction. They not only stayed silent for 9 months, but when they
finally came out, they used the "plan of record" terminology associated
with the bloody murder of Alpha.

There were oportunities to change the course. The were not taken.

When you look at the phenomenal rise of Linux in the last decade, it
shows that VMS could have done the same if it had been marketed and
priced properly. In other words, the Palmer era errors could have been
corrected until about 2004.