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

[JF Mezei]

Richard B. Gilbert wrote:

> "News outlets????"  Which ones do you have in mind?

Oh come on now. Gartner and many IT newsmedia kept saying VMS was
dead/dying or soon to be dead troughout the late 1990s. After Compaq
killed Alpha the media stopped bothering proclaiming the obvious.

> As for "ownership", I think that's DEC, Compaq, and H-P.  It doesn't 
> seem excessive!


VMS and NSK have changed hands moe often than other mainstream operating
systems. VMS especially since there was so little time between Compaq
buying Digital and HP buying Compaq.