20 Jul
2001
20 Jul
'01
12:26 p.m.
On July 20, Eric Dittman wrote:
I meant the point is the OS (OpenVMS) and not the CPU (VAX, Alpha, IPF),
not the OS vs. the CPU in general.
Ahh, ok...
Eeeek! Yes, you have a point! 8-)
-Dave McGuire
have preferred that the Alpha go on, but the real
point is the
OS, not the CPU.
Well, for some folks, maybe. If someone sticks me in a project with a
crappy OS, I will find the source and fix it (unless it's Windoze, of
course, but I don't consider that an OS!)...whereas if someone sticks
me with a crappy processor, well, there's little one can do. Good point.
But the EOL is *years* away. Isn't this a little
premature, even for the "careful folk"?
Not really. For some of the odd-ball stuff, the sooner the better
(just ask anyone that has to keep a VAX going that uses the Pro3x0-
based console).