[Info-vax] Message from HP.

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <00ADD925.7F8CBF7E at sendspamhere.org>,
	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> In article <bgosm6F7r8aU1 at mid.individual.net>, bill at server3.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>>In article <52a73bde$0$2285$426a74cc at news.free.fr>,
>>	"Gérard Calliet (pia-sofer)"   <gerard.calliet at pia-sofer.fr> writes:
>>> Le 10/12/2013 16:38, Jan-Erik Soderholm a écrit :
>>>> Someone remember BaseStar ? :-)
>>>> Is this still an active product !?
>>>> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/basestar/
>>>>
>>>> Jan-Erik.
>>> it is used in industry, and they say  there is no equivalent, and they 
>>> want to go on with VMS because BaseStar is only on VMS.
>>
>>Then I guess they are going out of business.
> 
> How do you figure?  Will BaseStar just stop working?

No, but in case you haven't noticed, VMS is going away.  Like VMS
how long do you think they can last in a constantly shrinking market?

But wait, it gets better.  :-)

> 
> I know sites still on VAX and there hasn't been HP support for OpenVMS VAX
> and VAX systems for quite some time.  Those businesses are still operating
> just fine.  And then, there are site which still have some PDPs in use as
> well.  I don't believe I have to remind you how long it's been since its
> progenitors have supported that!

Actually, the PDP-11 had pretty much full OS support until about 3 years
or so ago.  Provided by Mentec who remained very active.  And the guy who
bought it from Mentec apparently plans to continue commercial use and full
support.

But wait.....

As usual, this thread started with a very erroneous claim.

Straight from the HP Web Site:

   "BASEstar is available on HP Integrity servers for both the
    OpenVMS I64 and HP-UX operating systems. It is also available
    on AlphaServer systems for the OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX operating
    systems, and on Microsoft Windows platforms."

Can't say if it even started out on VMS, but it looks like they knew
enough to leave their eggs in that basket alone.

bill
 

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