Re: Sun tries to woo AlphaServer users away from HP

From: CJT (cheljuba_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 07/30/03 

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:24:45 GMT

David Froble wrote:

> JF Mezei wrote:
>
>> Mike Naime wrote:
>>
>>> Why migrate? I have an old E-mail from one of our engineers
>>> boasting that
>>> he was the first from our company to boot VMS on an IA64 on May 22 in
>>> Nashu
>>> NH.
>>>
>>
>> 1- You want a vendor you can trust.
>>
>> 2- You don't want to have to constantly guess what a vendor REALLY
>> intends to
>> do with their product which you need.
>>
>> 3-The future of IA64 is still quite cloudy. Even the apologists agree
>> that
>> IA64 is still something that would materialise in the future.
>> 4-The futire of VMS is even cloudier with HP not mentioning VMS unless
>> the
>> loyalists generate sufficient number of complaints.
>>
>
> None of the above are valid answers to the question, to which there
> isn't a valid answer.
>
> 1 - When you're selecting a vendor, trust is important. When you're
> already there, you're already there.
>
> 2 - You'll find out when they do it. Plenty of time then to determine
> your options.
>
> 3 - The system I use most is a VAXstation 4000 model 90A. EV7 is now
> shipping and could satisfy the requirements of most customers for much
> more than 10 years.
>
> 4 - Would JF tell me exactly how HP actions will affect the VMS CD media
> now in customer's hands?
>
> If you're JF, the first time the boat rocks a bit, you're launching a
> lifeboat and sitting in the middle of the ocean with just a paddle.
>
> Me, I think I'll wait until it's rather apparent that the ship is indeed
> going down.

I think it's at least appropriate to find out where the lifeboats are,
and whether there are enough of them.

>
> I have yet to see anything showing how a migration, even if forced in
> the future, would be better now when it's not really clear that such is
> even needed.
>
> Dave
>