discontinuance of VMS

I am still looking for a "horse's mouth" reference, but it seems HP has just given the VMS community the finger. "Ric Lewis at HP sent out a letter basically saying VMS is dead. Support up through 2020, but 2016 is the last sale of VMS- supported hardware." Now, of course, "will only be sold for 2.5 more years and will only be supported for 6.5" doesn't exactly say "dead" to me; it says "WILL EVENTUALLY BE dead", but still, this does kinda suck. But it's awesome that it lasted this long. From 1978 until 2020 is a great run in this industry, one for the history books. And I'll be running it, God willing, well after that. (if I'm still breathing!) (Now we get to watch all the stupid suits who equate "no longer sold" with "doesn't work anymore". Heh.) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA