Re: Intel releases 64bit Xeon

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Date: 02/24/04

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    in article mDs_b.74345$kaP1.57080@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com, John
    Smith at a@nonymous.com wrote on 24/02/2004 06:36:

    > Bob Koehler wrote:
    >> In article <7500353b.0402222220.624f993e@posting.google.com>,
    >> mistdragon@zdnetonebox.com (mist dragon) writes:
    >>>> The big question for HP is HPUX. Does HPUX share commoon code base
    >>>> between PaRisc and IA64 ? If so, then they can get the Tru64 bits
    >>>> onto HPUX/PaRisc and just forget about IA64 (except for a few
    >>>> customers who already have it).
    >>>
    >>> Or. Would they dare to replace HP-UX with Linux using HP-UX
    >>> extensions ? HP-UX is nice Unix system, but propretary Unix is
    >>> disappearing too.
    >>>
    >>
    >> So they can try over and fail again at porting Tru64 extensions?
    >> IMHO a little endian Linux would be an easier target, it's already
    >> got features like a DLM.

    If my memory serves the DLM in linux may have been from Tru64 ?

    >
    > Retire 'classic' HP-UX and release the 'new' HP-UX - a renamed Tru64.

    That's what they should have done, but then they way to driven my marketing
    rather than technology. Its taken best part of a decade to release and
    mature Tru64/Advfs/LSM/Clusters. Then the bozos go oh well HP-UX has more
    licences released that that Tru64 lets just port it all into our already
    monolithic kernel and make it all work in <3 years. I'll die of old age
    before this thing will be ready for prime time production ;(

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    Mark

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