[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Alpha V8.4-2L1 Layered Product Subset Available

[David Froble]

Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2017-07-11 02:20:51 +0000, David Froble said:
> 
>> ..However, so far, I haven't heard anyone "sneezing" at 15% to 50% 
>> performance improvement.
>>
>> Still saying "good job VSI".
> 
> Ayup.   But then I've been a proponent of breaking compatibility for a 
> while.   Welcome aboard, David!
> 
> 

I don't look at it so much as "breaking compatibility" as "supporting new HW.

If any Alpha's could be considered "new".

It's something that should have happened when EV6 first was introduced.  But, 
let's not go into "pitiful" ...