[Info-vax] Beyond Open Source

[Bob Koehler]

In article <3b84736e-d374-45fe-8e50-501dda9d9146 at googlegroups.com>, seasoned_geek <roland at logikalsolutions.com> writes:
> 
> The same reason HP elected to kill of the much loved Alpha CPU which had at=
>  least 5 years if not 10 years of enhancements left in it. HP didn't invent=
>  it. They didn't want to admit VMS was kicking UX's ass up and down every s=
> treet they met on. They didn't want to admit the Alpha technology Intel was=
>  caught stealing red handed while working on the HP-Intel joint venture to =
> create a 64-bit chip 10 YEARS LATE was way better than the Itanic they fina=
> lly launched.

   In sales and profitability, UX was running circles around VMS.  So
   what basis do you use for the claim "VMS was kicking UX's ass"?

   A lot of us maight feel that VMS is technically superior, but HP
   had admitted that years prior to DEC's demise.  Several years before
   Alphacide.