[Info-vax] HP short of ideas - hiring dancers for inspiration

[David Froble]

Keith Parris wrote:
> On 4/23/2013 11:12 AM, David Froble wrote:
>> They (HP) blew 8-10 billion on that english company and not a dollar on
>> VMS.
> 
> HP has continued to spend millions of dollars on a continuing basis on 
> OpenVMS.
> 
> Oh, you said "blew." I agree -- all the money HP has spent and continues 
> to spend on VMS is not wasted or "blown".
> 

I've been told, by someone who'd know, that for less than 1/2 of just 
one of those billions VMS could be running on x86.  Wouldn't really need 
the itanic then, at least for VMS.