Re: Accuweather video mentions VMS (TWICE!)

From: leslie (LESLIE_at_JRLVAX.HOUSTON.RR.COM)
Date: 07/09/04


Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 11:51:25 GMT

Roger Fraser (roger.fraser@baesystems.com) wrote:
:
:
: And you need to underline:
: 1. VMS is virtually unhackable
: 2. VMS clusters stay available to users even through hardware and/or
: software upgrades
: 3. A cluster spread over a "reasonable" distance can survive a bomb taking
: out one site. Most users would only notice a small pause while the cluster
: reconfigures (unless they happen to be directly connected to the site taken
: out).
:
: Why isn't that thrown at every major corporation and government?
:

Because it would make Microsoft look bad ?

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--Jerry Leslie
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