[Info-vax] Itanium Kittson lives on?

[Neil Rieck]

On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 3:31:34 PM UTC-5, JF Mezei wrote:
> On 2016-02-10 12:14, johnson.eric at gmail.com wrote:
> > Text is a bit ambiguous. But sounds like it will be available if you know to ask for it.
> > 
> > http://www.pcworld.com/article/3031703/hardware/intels-itanium-to-live-an-as-hpe-commits-to-new-servers-with-the-chip.html
> 
> If Kittson is released after VMS is available on the 8086, will anyone
> really want to upgtade from Tukwila/Poulson to Kittson ?

I think so. I just cut over a system from AS-DS20e to rx2800-i2 and can tell you that the new platform appears 8-20 times faster while costing 75% less. While I have full confidence in VSI doing a port of OpenVMS to x86-64 I am also convinced that there will be some growing pains (always true for any new platform). For conservative companies needing to upgrade any VMS/OpenVMS hardware in 2016 or 2017, going to Kittson will be a no brainer.

Many companies with deep pockets (Disney is one example) upgrade all their servers (including Itanium) every year. The reasoning goes something like this: don't let anything break in the bay -AND- keep all of your IT hardware staff continually busy (hands-on experience.

Neil Rieck
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/OpenVMS.html