[Info-vax] RealWorldTech on Poulson

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2011-07-05 09.27, Michael Kraemer wrote:
> ChrisQ schrieb:
>> but was never able to do a direct
>> comparison with Alpha. At the time, hp were still a fairly respectable
>> engineering company, so it would be no surprise to learn that they
>> knew what
>> they were doing with pa-risc.
>
> HP snakes were much more "sexy" than any Alpha of 1993/94.
> Not only they were faster, but they also had an outstanding desktop,
> HP-VUE, which helped a lot in gaining popularity.

Whoa! I have been a bit wondering about your posts in the past, but this 
proves you must have been living in another universe.
Few things were more hated than HP-UX, or VUE.
HP machines were bought because they were fast, and in spite of their 
horrible software environment.
Our university had a bunch of them, and nobody wanted to use them, even 
though they were fast. They finally disapperared, replaced by Sun 
machines, even though they were slower. SunOS was so much nicer and 
better that HP-UX it was not even fun to compare.
I have not seen anyone ever claim that HP-UX or VUE helped HP machines 
gain popularity before. Actually, I have not seen anyone claim that HP 
machines were popular before, period.

Sun machines were almost everywhere. From where I was sitting, HP 
machine were just about as common as DEC machines, which means very few 
in between. DEC mostly because they cost too much, while HP because 
nobody wanted them.

	Johnny