[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Mark Daniel]

On 22/08/12 8:00 AM, Richard Maher wrote:
> "Bob Koehler" <koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org> wrote in message
> news:NS41A2BWXAN5 at eisner.encompasserve.org...
>> 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 o - woefully out of date ports of things like bash and Apache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.
>>
>
> Apple is a hardware company

These days Apple is a consumer infotainment solutions company.