Re: Itanium lap tops are needed now!

In article <43CD5C45.4A22065E@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, JF Mezei
<jfmezei.spamnot@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 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?
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> one word:
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> M A R K E T I N G

While marketing might have helped, and Palmer certainly did hurt, I
don't think the only reason is lack of marketing. Linux didn't succeed
because of marketing, it succeeded because it was cheap. I still think
that, though VMS can't really compete with linux there and shouldn't,
one should think about some sort of entry-level commercial license,
perhaps without support. As long as it wouldn't take away revenue from
existing customers, I don't see why HP shouldn't do it.

> 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.

Yes, but if the license costs 10 times what the hardware does, I don't
see it being a winner in the marketplace.

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