[Info-vax] OpenVMS development tooling

[chris]

On 10/01/21 13:33, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

>
> Maybe not.
>
> But since the context was whether there was a mass market
> for Microsoft to sell Windows, then affordable is affordable
> for the mass market not for high-end workstation users.
>
> BTW, I doubt that the CAD people would like it. The 4765 dollar model
> is 4 core, 8 GB of RAM and no graphics card (that is an upgrade!).
>
>>>> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/libre-soc-releases-first-non-ibm-openpower-chip-in-decade
>>>
>>>
>>> Chip not desktop.
>
> Arne
>

High end users will always pay a premium for top end machines, real
or imaginary. Cad and scientific apps are always pushing the
boundary and there are security advantages for not using X86 arch.
Hear very few reports about Power or Sparc arch suffering viruses or
other attacks. Resources required vs value of the result and X86
are probably the worst in terms of potential attack surface...

Chris