[Info-vax] OT: obscure PDP11 OSes (even more dinosaury)

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <mlmoho$r0v$1 at pcls7.std.com>,
	moroney at world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) writes:
> Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
> 
>>On 2015-06-15, Dirk Munk <munk at home.nl> wrote:
>>> bill at server3.cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Of course, all of this still doesn't explain how the VAX was
>>>> "a best-seller" when compared to the PDP-11 when the PDP-11
>>>> sold 50% more systems.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Because one VAX could do the work of several PDP-11's?
> 
>>In the early days of the VAX, wasn't there some literature floating
>>around showing how the PDP-11 was faster at some things than the VAX ?
> 
> IIRC, the PDP-11/74 (multiprocessor PDP-11/70) was killed because it was
> faster than a VAX 780 and would have eaten into 780 sales.

And how often are we going to continue to hear about things like this?
Wasn't the same really true of the Alpha vs Itanium?

And not just in the computer industry.  Anyone here ever see a
V8 MGB?  Yes, they made one.  And unlike the MGC which had a
castiron straight-six that was so heavy it caused serious steering
problems the V8 MGB had an aluminum block V8 that weighted less
than the castiron 4 cylinder engine.  BLM refused to ship them to
the US because of fear they would eat in to Jaguar sales as it was
considerably cheaper and a much better performing sports car.

Tech seldom if ever trumps marketing.

bill

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