[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[ChrisQ]

On 08/18/12 14:43, Paul Sture wrote:

>
> A similar message got through to our senior management who were IBM
> oriented.  Our IT manager was obviously taking notice for he asked for
> ball park figures for an HP-UX system.  He'd also mentioned NT as
> possible replacement for VMS which had us greatly concerned.  This was
> just before NT4 was released.
>
> One of the first things I noticed with NT4 was the general advice to boot
> into DOS for burning CDs.  That alone made me question its suitability
> for replacing those VMS systems.
>

Even with sp6, nt4 wasn't too difficult to provoke a blue screen. Nothing
like as good as vms at the time, nor the functionality. Later versions were
much more robust, but not in the same class as vms. Different sort of
application and users...

Regards,

Chris