[Info-vax] Attn VSI employees: Viable full system Itanium emulator for VMS ?
Bill Gunshannon
bill.gunshannon at gmail.com
Thu Feb 17 14:43:08 EST 2022
On 2/17/22 14:32, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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.
The big question is still, Why?
>
> 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.
Linux is not the only available option.
>
> We know that VAX emulation is used by some VMS users.
VMS users have a reason to stay where they are. As we have
discussed here ad infinitum in some cases there is little or
no option to migrate. That is never the case with HP-UX
which is just another flavor of Unix.
bill
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