[Info-vax] report of the last "rendez-vous autour de VMS" (2-FEB-2024)

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/17/2024 9:36 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:56:23 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 
>> <quote>
>> "X86 is the future of VMS ..."
> 
> Just in time for x86 to no longer be quite at the forefront of server
> computing, or even computing generally. ARM is having more of a presence,
> and RISC-V is not far behind.

x86-64 must still have liked a 90-95% market share in servers. Enough
for VMS.

It may be very different in 10 years. Who knows.

But VMS could not wait years for a new CPU. Itanium development
stalled around 2012. The last Itanium CPU's was shipped in 2021.

Arne