[Info-vax] Next release of OpenVMS x86

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2020-07-24 18:43:37 +0000, IanD said:

> The way ARM is going one may see server based ARM architecture in the 
> DC in time too

That's already happening.

>From a few years ago:
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/design/cloudflare-bets-arm-servers-it-expands-its-data-center-network 

https://blog.cloudflare.com/arm-takes-wing/

 More recently:
https://www.servethehome.com/marvell-thunderx3-arm-server-cpu-with-768-threads-in-2020/ 

https://www.arm.com/blogs/blueprint/fugaku-supercomputer

> Where I work that have a specialist infrastructure division, which 
> includes the likes of zOS, OpenVMS, AIX, Tandom etc with no desire to 
> try and get rid of these systems other than to ensure they are kept 
> viable.There is no strategy to go full guns just to get rid of these 
> platforms for the sake of it to meet some x86 love goal, in fact, 
> mainframe is seeing a resurgence as a target for certain applications, 
> especially as more and more applications are being exposed and 
> therefore need to scale

There's a difference between early the adopters and the late adopters, 
and different entities make different cost and different revenue 
calculations here. Those entities doing maintenance and updates, and 
those building for new deployments, too.



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