[Info-vax] Uptime for OpenVMS

[Bob Koehler]

In article <4dd2c173$0$49177$e4fe514c at news.xs4all.nl>, MG <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> writes:
> 
> I somehow doubt that the hardware I see nowadays will be running as
> long (and as reliably) as VAXen.  In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if
> some VAXen will even outlive some modern systems.

   For all the superiority of the software, VAXen were not great
   hardware.  At least through the 4000 series, DEC's power supplies
   were not to be bet on for more than 5 years.

   Of course, like many hardware problems, that was solved with software.
   Just put your VAXen into a high availability cluster and who cares
   about the occasional power supply?

   Not that I'm claiming modern hardware is _always_ superior.