[Info-vax] OT: news from the trenches (re: Solaris)

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <69c1c30b-434b-4492-9d57-fed584883474 at googlegroups.com>,
johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk writes: 

> A completed x86-64 port also removes one of the barriers to entry
> for outfits that may just want a low cost low hassle way to try
> kicking the tyres of a VMS system - no longer need there be any
> need to try to scrounge an IA64 box from HP or a reseller, when
> the hardware involved is likely the same hardware that is bread
> and butter to these organisations. 

Any idea what the least expensive new VSI-supported x86 VMS system will
cost (just the hardware)?  Any idea what the least expensive
non-supported system which will nevertheless run VMS will cost?