Re: SGI files for chapter 11

On Thu, 11 May 2006 02:38:36 -0700, Andrew <andrew_harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Persuading ISV's to support platforms is hard work, I know having been
on both sides of the argument while I was at Sun and with my current
employer Symantec. Its probably true to say that the OpenVMS/IA-64 SW
portfolio is smaller than the OpenVMS/Alpha SW portfolio and its also
probably a fair guess to suggest that OpenVMS/x86 would have a smaller
portfolio still.

Reminds one of the russian babushka dolls, with the largest being VAX.
Of course, it didn't have to be that way, as you and others have commented,
all that was needed was a sane ISV policy. Introducing new architectures
is a risky, reckless endeavour. VAX should have been extended to 64 bits.
alpha should never have happened, Itanium should never have happened, not
without bringing all the ISV's along.
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