[Info-vax] VMS dying?

[mcleanjoh at gmail.com]

On Thursday, September 25, 2014 4:20:03 AM UTC+10, JF Mezei wrote:

> **IF** HP has a plan on exactly what unique features of HP-UX they want
> to port to Linux, then they would likely wait until those features are
> ready to ship so that when they make formal EOL announcement of HP-UX,
> they can point to customer able to benefit from same features on Linux.

Why would anyone buy HP-UX when they can get Linux, in some form or other, free?

Isn't IBM backing away from AIX, probably because there's little money to be made in it?