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

[Michael Kraemer]

JF Mezei schrieb:

> It may be negligible, but I suspect that what is left is mission
> critical and "embedded" type which means it can't be changed easily and
> is there for a long time.  Same for some manufacturing plants with VAX
> boxes still in production because they are an integral part of the
> machinery/automation.

But for this one doesn't need to port off the Itanic.
Those systems just keep running until the hardware
it controls is replaced by something else.
If they're still on VAX and thus on an OS
whose development has stopped ten years ago,
they will even survive if HP stops selling
VMS tomorrow.