[rescue] Re: sunpci note: TWO cards now available

[dave at cca.org]

mcguire at neurotica.com writes:

>On January 29, Brian Hechinger wrote:
>> ok, now you are in the danger zone for ignorance.  VMS may be confusing as hell
>> (trust me, i'm lost in it too) but it is one of the most powerful operating
>> systems you will ever lay eyes on.   it's not complicated for the point of
>> being complicated, it's a very complex system that does WAY more than anything
>> unix.  it's a shame to see it go.

>  Is it "going" somewhere?

It shouldn't, but Alpha shouldn't have either. And for that matter, do
you actually believe VMS is going to be ported again?

I feel pessimistic about VMS's future, purely due to corporate/industry
political idiocy. 

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