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

[seasoned_geek]

On Friday, March 13, 2015 at 9:46:40 AM UTC-5, johnwa... at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> 3) You're new to VMS. Welcome. Before drawing conclusions on how much
> of this legacy-x86 baggage will be visible in a nuVMS world, maybe get
> yourself a bit more familiar with how the architectural differences
> have been hidden (or not) in the previous VMS ports? Maybe? VMS is not
> UNIX. Compatibility has been a long term goal (though sometimes long
> term compatibility brings challenges too; a change of platform could
> be a good time to look at some of those things).
> 
> And then once you know how much platform-specific stuff has historically
> been (in)visible, we can start guessing how much it will *matter* to the
> people with the chequebooks.
> 
> A decent HPQ Proliant seems to be "good enough" for a lot of people with chequebooks. And in comparison with generic x86 stuff, Proliant kit
> would be considered "premium" by many (especially in terms of manageability
> and so on). All it needs is a decent OS.

There is a galactic difference between "good enough for Wal-mart" and betting people's lives on them.

It's always the Wal-mart shoppers who can't smell the roses for the sewage.