[Info-vax] VMS dying?

[Dirk Munk]

Zaky Waky wrote:
> Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote in news:lvseud$bui$1
> @Iltempo.Update.UU.SE:
>
>> And as a side note, Unix originated on a PDP-7, not a PDP-8. And C only
>> came into the picture after it had migrated to the PDP-11.
>>
>>
>
> Thanks for the correction; but there are still no VAX/VMS jobs out there.
> What are you old farts going to do when your ship finally ties up to a *nix
> dock?
>

A long time ago DEC wanted VMS customers to move to Tru64 Unix. That was 
one of the best versions of Unix according to many. VMS survived Tru64. 
Then Compaq didn't like VMS, HP didn't like and neglected VMS, and 
preferred HP-UX of course. Now the Itanium is dead, and HP-UX as well. 
Is there any one around who would like to buy HP-UX and port it to x86? 
But a year after HP decided it finally wanted to kill off VMS, it was 
bought and resurrected. I wonder how many other *nix versions VMS will 
survive.