[Info-vax] [OT] Moore's Law dead within a decade

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Richard B. Gilbert wrote 2013-10-01 23:27:
> On 9/28/2013 7:30 PM, AEF wrote:
>> On Saturday, September 28, 2013 7:25:48 PM UTC-4, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>> AEF  <spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>>
>>>
>>>> I don't know just what you're getting at here, or how serious you are.
>>>> Rega=
>>>
>>>> rdless: The speed of sound is relative to the medium through which it
>>>> propa=
>>>
>>>> gates.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So is the speed of light.  Light can't travel any faster than C, but you
>>>
>>> can put it through a medium that will cause it to travel slower than C,
>>>
>>> which is how lenses work.
>>>
>>> --scott
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
>>
>> But that's not really analogous. Sound _is_ the vibration of the
>> molecules that make up the medium. That's not the case for light. But you
>> are correct about how lenses work.
>>
>> AEF
>>
>
> This discussion, and many others with many of the same
> characteristics, is saying quite clearly that VMS is dead.
>
> Are there any messages here from people needing help with
> the O/S?  How about people people using applications in VMS.
>
> Those who have VMS jobs are hanging on with both hands!
>
> I miss it!
>
>

Good point. :-)
Then we have all that PDP-11 stuff...
I am busy preparing for the handover of my job to HCL.
Anyone here that have experiences from HCL Technologies?
In particular in regard to OpenVMS...

Jan-Erik.