[Info-vax] Itanium Poulson a game changer

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2013-02-23 16:24:33 +0000, Neil Rieck said:

> Thanks for the links and high-quality comments. I hope OpenVMS support 
> is added soon as my current Alpha platform is in need of a replacement 
> and we need to build a case for an upgrade path.

The Poulson i4-class server support isn't announced and available yet 
(for OpenVMS), and you're looking for server upgrade futures 
information beyond that?    That'll very likely involve a discussion 
more directly with HP, if they're even inclined to discuss anything.  
That's a very long way out, product-development-wise.

Your choices here are the usual ones, of course.  To port your 
application(s) to an existing Itanium box or to the Poulson-based 
i4-class gear when (if?) that's announced for OpenVMS, or to "port" to 
emulation, or to port your application(s) off VMS.  Maintaining your 
dependencies on VMS through hardware or emiulation will be rather less 
expensive than the latter, particularly if your applications have 
dependencies on OpenVMS features.

Have a chat directly with HP.  That part'll be free, though whether 
you'll learn about Kittson-class support plans...  :-)



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