26 Nov
2001
26 Nov
'01
11:39 p.m.
Well, apparently we should now start worrying....
Start? Let's see...
First VMS is renamed to OpenVMS.
Then the entirety of digital is bought out.
Then the VAX line is discontinued.
Then the Alpha Chip is discontinued.
(think this is the chronology. corrections?)
All joking aside, if PDP/RSTS is still alive,
as I think was said on this list, then add at least
10 years to that equation to see the end of
VAX-Alpha/VMS support. Perhaps the prices
of productized VMS and hobbyist VMS will pass
on the way down/up and settle on one nice low
number.
John A.