Re: SGI files for chapter 11

In article <1147108136.879764.277650@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Andrew" <andrew_harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Sun/IBM/The tooth Fairy are not going to buy OpenVMS and port it to
anything.

HP are highly unlikely to port it to x86.


How do you know that?

Presumably they still believe (rightly or wrongly) that IA64 is
a better choice, but one has to believe that with each port to a different
processor the subsequent port becomes easier.

If there are sufficient customers who let HP know that VMS is the
only reason they are HP customers and if IA64 proves to not be viable
then porting VMS to x86 would be a good business decision. I have every
confidence the good folks in VMS engineering would have no great
difficulty doing this port if asked.


The only thing that matters is that OpenVMS needs IA-64 to suceed and
make HP and Intel very happy.


No, what OpenVMS needs is customers who see value in it that they
can't get elsewhere. The processor it runs on is just a technical detail.

Of course that does suggest that if they're going to pull the plug
on IA64 then the sooner the better.

.

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