[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

[JKB]

Le Thu, 31 May 2012 10:42:50 -0600,
Keith Parris <keithparris_deletethis at yahoo.com> écrivait :
> On 5/31/2012 6:42 AM, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
>> Either this clone has the power of VMS or it doesn't.  If it does, then
>> why would anyone buy VMS from HP?
>
> Does Linux have the power of AIX, Solaris, and HP-UX?

	I don't know AIX, but Linux has today the same power than Solaris
	(even on sun4u and sun4v) or HP-UX.

> If so, why do people continue to buy AIX, Solaris and HP-UX?
>
> I think the answer realistically is: For some fraction of the customers, 
> Linux is good enough to replace a proprietary UNIX. For the rest, they 
> need something special that is provided at this point only in the 
> proprietary UNIX (perhaps better stability, better support, or at least 
> the ability to run on their existing proprietary hardware) that isn't 
> yet available on Linux.

	I don't know where you have seen that Solaris 10 was stable. I have
	replaced all Solaris 10/sparc I have by Linux as Solaris 10 isn't
	stable enough for my applications.

	JKB

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