[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

[Neil Rieck]

On May 24, 7:02 am, Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> One final thought,
>
> If it is true that HP-UX has been ported to x86 and VMS has not (or
> will not), then it is true that VMS suffers the same fate as "thered-headedstep-child".
>
> 1) HP-UX was fathered by HP.
> 2) VMS was fathered by DEC.
> 3) Like an unwanted step-child, VMS was adopted by Compaq then later
> by HP.
> (HP really didn't want VMS; it just came with the acquisition)
>
> The reg article about how HP was "thinking about acquiring SPARC/
> Solaris" indicates (to me) that HP saw more value in Solaris then they
> did in VMS (although in the end, HP insiders may have given special
> treatment to HP-UX)
>
> http://bit.ly/LED7hd
>
> Just my 2-cents worth.
>
> NSR

Speaking of acquisitions, I was just over at the Oracle website
downloading a copy of Solaris-11 x86.
http://www.oracle.com/index.html

Man, this site is really cool. All major categories are all on one
page. No hunting around. Why can't HP do something like this? What are
the chances that you would ever see the words "OpenVMS", "HP-UX", and
"NonStop" all in the same location?

NSR