[Info-vax] VMS Software Inc. OpenVMS 8.4-1H1 Boots on i4 System

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <550c43bc$0$39626$c3e8da3$f017e9df at news.astraweb.com>,
	JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> On 15-03-20 00:31, David Froble wrote:
> 
>> Software doesn't wear out.
> 
> 
> Actually it does. Say you have package X which is no longer developped,
> and packages Y and Z which are still actively developped. Y and Z
> require newest version of the OS, but X does not work on new version of
> OS. You lose X.
> 
> (this happens a lot on OS-X since Apple widthdrew support for older
> frameworks and the PPC translator).
 
And every other system I can think of other than a few still existing
mainframes.  How many VMS packages were not ported beyond the VAX?

bill
 

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