Re: Itanium lap tops are needed now!

Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote:
> However, considering that one can get VAX and ALPHA hardware FOR FREE,
> why hasn't VMS taken off?

one word:

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As long as Palmer/Gartner's message that VMS was dead persists, VMS
cannot make inroads.

The OS may not be dead, but the market think it is dead.

This is why the announcement that VMS is to be ported to the 8086 will
invigotrate VMS because that will make teh news and be a very clear
message that HP intends VMS to be maintream and not relegated to some
obscrure platform and niche market. Going onto the 8086 would instantly
make VMS available on the full range of industry standard computers at
very litle cost compared to developping low volume specialised IA64
thing laptops, desktops etc.
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