[Info-vax] Wanted: Fresh blood in HP BCS

[JF Mezei]

Michael Kraemer wrote:

> "Perform all product lifecycle marketing responsibilities, spanning
> launch/intro through discontinuance of the Superdome 2 product line"

Oh my... Superdome 2 is the current IA64 based Superdome (the blades
thing), not the 8086 based ones that Whitman talked about developping.



But...

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/solutions/mcci/index.html

There is an image that says: "Putting the client first - bringing HP
technology innovations from Integrity/HP-UX to x86"

##
What is Project Odyssey?

HP today announced a project dubbed "Odyssey" to redefine the future of
mission-critical computing with a development roadmap which will unify
UNIX® and x86 server architectures to bring industry-leading
availability, increased performance and uncompromising client choice to
a single platform.

Why HP?

Project Odyssey will revolutionize mission-critical computing with
uncompromising choice and investment protection. For more than 25 years,
HP has powered the most demanding workloads by building a robust and
proven franchise of technology and service innovations for
mission-critical computing. By fortifying Linux and Windows with HP
intellectual property, HP will unify UNIX and x86 server architectures
while delivering industry-leading availability, increased performance,
and flexibility for our customers.
##


>From the press release at:
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2011/111122xb.html

The roadmap also includes delivering blades with Intel® Xeon® processors
for the HP Superdome 2 enclosure (code name “DragonHawk”) and the
scalable c-Class blade enclosures (code named “HydraLynx”), while
fortifying Windows® and Linux environments with innovations from HP-UX
within the next two years.

This does not formally announce the end of HP-UX/NSK/VMS. BUT... In the
"review the roadmap" there is mention of VMS: 8.4 update in 2011, and
"8.x in the future" That's it.

In other words, while HP is developing the future based on Windows and
Linux, it will continue to upgrade HP-UX while porting HPUIX tech to
Linux. Exactly what I thought HP would end up doing.

No mention of porting VMS tech to Linux.


And BTW, Martin Fink is still Senior VP and GM of "Business Critical
Systems".