[Info-vax] Reimplementing VMS, was: Re: HP adds OpenVMS Mature Product Support beyond the end of Standard Support

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2014-02-05 00:39, JF Mezei wrote:
> On 14-02-05 00:47, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>
>> You are the one making the statements.
>
> When I alluded to VMS having already been ported to x86, it was far more
> as a joke, in a context where Hoff would have done this during lunch
> hour or spare time. (more meant as a compliment to Hoff's capabilities
> and expertise).
>
> In the context of HP having to decide on future of IA64, I never said
> that HP had ported VMS. Oracle documents shows that HP had decided
> against this. And HP execs stated quite categorically and steadily after
> a point in time that BCS operating systems would not be ported beyond IA64.
>
> What I did state is that as part of feasability study, some engineers
> may have toyed with some code to test certain aspects.  Even though some
> feasability studies result in some code and basic tests, they do not
> result in a port. They are there to decide whether a porting project
> should be started or not.
>
>
>
>
>> I'm trying to make you stop making the idiotic statements,
>
> You are the one who exagerated what I said, or could not distinguish
> between the jokes about Hoff porting VMS in an afternoon and the
> feasability HP would have undertaken when deciding on future of IA64.

Everything you have written is available for all to see, and is 
preserved for all eternity. I hope you know this.

Trying to claim that it's a joke now, is a bit late. Also, trying to 
implicate me in some kind of coverup is offensive.

	Johnny