[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Bob Koehler]

In article <succg9-03k2.ln1 at news1.chingola.ch>, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
> 
> A large problem is that for a long time VMS hasn't been getting new 
> features that are now standard on other operating systems.
> 
> Off the top of my head, shortcomings posted recently here in comp.os.vms:
> 
> o - no Unicode support
> o - no automated patch installation system
> o - no IPsec
> o - limited LDAP, connectivity to Active Directory etc
> o - woefully out of date ports of things like bash and Apache
> o - PRODUCT INSTALL and related stuff could do with a major rethink

   o - No patch of the month
   o - No blue screens of death
   o - No broken word processors
   o - No word processors full of security holes
   o - No priviledged, buggy, installs by unpriviledged users

   But Apple is now larger than Microsoft was.  Which proves the
   business case for quality software is not full of holes.  You can
   write better software, charge more for it, and make money.