[Info-vax] Attn VSI employees: Viable full system Itanium emulator for VMS ?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/17/2022 2:28 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 2/17/22 14:08, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 2/17/2022 2:04 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> On 2/17/2022 9:00 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> I've had some more thoughts about this and it _may_ end up being
>>>> a viable Itanium full system emulator for VSI to offer after all.
>>>
>>> My only questions are "why?" and "who would want such a thing?"
>>>
>>> The itanic was never a good idea.  Yeah, throw enough memory and 
>>> process shrinks at something and it will work.  Doesn't make it a 
>>> good idea.
>>
>> VMS users should go for x86-64.
>>
>> I can understand the interest from HP-UX userrs.
> 
> I can't understand the interest in HP-UX at all.  It's just
> another proprietary Unix and not really one of the better ones.
> And, yes, I have had to work with it at higher than the user
> level.

There are places where they run HP-UX.

They have a problem with HW.

They can migrate from HP-UX to Linux or try to stay on HP-UX for
some more years.

Staying means either IslandCo or an emulator when new system is needed.

Most will probably start migration to Linux. But some may be
interested in emulation.

We know that VAX emulation is used by some VMS users.

Arne