[Info-vax] RealWorldTech on Poulson

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2011-07-06 04.15, Michael Kraemer wrote:
> Johnny Billquist schrieb:
>
>>
>> Whoa! I have been a bit wondering about your posts in the past, but
>> this proves you must have been living in another universe.
>
> Maybe. In my part of the universe people flocked to HP
> like crazy.

You must definitely have lived in another part than I ever saw, or even 
heard of. Where was this?

>> Few things were more hated than HP-UX, or VUE.
>
> And because of that it became the standard (CDE) for all
> Unix (including Solaris) and even VMS?

Well, yes, VUE morphed into CDE. I can't say I heard anyone cheering for 
CDE either. Most people were not that happy, or impressed by Motif in 
general.
By now it is more or less a thing of the past, except for in VMS 
perhaps. All vendors except HP have stopped using CDE, I believe. That's 
how popular it was.

>> Actually, I have not seen anyone claim that HP machines were popular
>> before, period.
>
> The fact you haven't seen such a person doesn't mean
> it doesn't exist. Maybe your vision is a bit
> impaired?

Oh, I don't deny that there must exist such persons. That does not say 
much though. A majority they are (were) not.

	Johnny