[Info-vax] x86-64-based Superdomes on the way (says HP)

[Michael Kraemer]

JF Mezei schrieb:
> Michael Kraemer wrote:
> 
> 
>>Well, given your "predictive power", the EOL would be long after 2015,
>>enough time to move apps to other platforms. No need to port.
> 
> 
> So you agree it is the end of the line for HP-UX, Tandem and VMS ?

Not quite. Just business as usual, reaffirmed.
Those who still want those platforms will get them,
but it's a declining business.

> The message seems to be "start porting to Linux or Windows now, because
> a few years from now, new systems will be 8086 only.

The message is: if you want x86, you'll only get Linux
(or, even worse, Windoze).
So if you want VMS, stop demanding x86.