[Info-vax] IT shops call on HP and Oracle to kiss and make up

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In article <paul.nospam-A33083.19341308102011 at pbook.sture.ch>, Paul Sture <paul.nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>In article 
><a9141841-990c-4dfe-926b-3adf1b2e734b at g29g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
> abrsvc <dansabrservices at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I would suspect that if any IBM OS were to be "ported" to another
>> hardware platform, similar issues would arise.  Any mainframe OS is
>> usually tied somewhat to the hardware architecture upon which it was
>> initially installed.  It would not make any sense otherwise.
>
>I am not so sure about that.  IBM were doing mainframe OS virtualization 
>decades ago.
>
>> OpenVMS should be praised for the ability to remain consistant in its
>> behavior spaning hardware platforms rather than be criticised for not
>> being on yet another.
>
>When Alphas first started shipping I was keen to find a vacancy which 
>would give me experience of them, but the only vacancies on offer were 
>insisting on only talking to folks who already had Alpha experience, as 
>if it was some dark and mysterious skill to have.
>
>I was therefore very impressed when I finally got my hands on an Alpha 
>system (at V6.1) to see how much like the VAX version it was, at least 
>from a system management point of view.

>From a system programing point of view too.  It's VMS!
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