[Info-vax] Comment on the future of OpenVMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote:
> In article <4ae5035a$0$281$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
> =?windows-1252?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 
>> I don't think it will happen.
>>
>> But Oracle is fundamentally a software company and most of their
>> business is in reliable systems, so VMS would probably fit better
>> than with a company which makes most of its money from
>> printers and PC's.
> 
> If HP wanted to sell VMS, would Oracle be willing to buy it?

Good question.

But they did buy DEC RDB a long time ago. So it is not impossible.

Arne