[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Keith Parris]

On 8/17/2012 8:41 AM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2012-08-17 14:09:47 +0000, Bob Koehler said:
>
>> In article <5025bb8a$0$1198$c3e8da3$eb767761 at news.astraweb.com>, JF
>> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>>
>>> The writing is on the wall. If you refuse to see it because you don't
>>> want the bad news, don't blame me.
>>
>>    Haven't we been hearing this since the early 90s?
>
> Yes, these discussions started in earnest around Windows NT and Affinity
> and related, which would be the early to mid-1990s, and probably before.
>
> So - and strictly for comparative purposes - what has happened to the
> OpenVMS business since the early to mid-1990s?  In the last decade or so?

I seem to recall these discussions starting around '92-'93. We were told 
UNIX and open systems were the future. The Digital VP in charge of UNIX 
gave customers the message "Yes, VMS will die, but don't worry -- 
everything you've come to know and love in VMS will be available in 
UNIX". The result was TruClusters.

About the same time, VMS prices were adjusted downward to be equal in 
price and thus directly competitive with Digital UNIX on the exact same 
hardware. VMS revenues went down as a result but VMS sales volumes went 
up, thanks to the lower prices. But the message that was spread around 
the corporation then was "VMS revenues are falling!" adding to the 
mis-perception that VMS was dying.

So - and strictly for comparison purposes - what has happened to the 
Tru64 UNIX business since then? In the last decade or so? Right now?