[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[ChrisQ]

On 08/23/12 17:57, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2012-08-23 19:00, Bob Koehler wrote:
>> In article <wCsZr.810$Re2.517 at fx06.am4>, ChrisQ <meru at devnull.com>
>> writes:
>>> On 08/23/12 13:25, Bob Koehler wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just try that on an 18 bit computer. Or a 36 bit computer.
>>>
>>> Not really relevant. They were built when, in 1965, or even earlier ?.
>>
>> I haven't seen one built since the 1980s.
>>
>> I haven't seen one in use since, um, right now.
>>
>> That one needs to stay in use until about 2018, but a few more years
>> would be great.
>
> You are just not looking in the right places... :-)
>
> Johnny
>

Agreed and there may be thousands of pdp11 and vax machines still
doing a stalwart job, but they are hardly current practice, are they ?.

Anyway, didn't mean to denigrate, have quite a collection of older h/w
myself and even use it from time to time :-)...

Regards,

Chris