[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[ChrisQ]

On 08/24/12 14:36, Bob Koehler wrote:

>
>     I've never had to roll my own compilers.  I've never had to roll my
>     own browser.  None of my DBMS using coworkers evcer had to roll thier
>     own DBMS.

I sometimes have to build the tools, including compliers and other 
utilities,
but not really a big deal if you've done it before. Nothing magical 
about it.

>
>     I don't like rolling my own RMS.

If you are programming under vms, I guess you don't have to. You most likely
find that equivalent functionality schemes exist on other platforms, if you
look for them.

>
>     One of the "services" that often comes with an OS is a collection of
>     common code, used by large numbers of customers, with small numbers
>     of bugs.
>

You mean, for example, rms :-)...

Regards,

Chris