[rescue] Solaris on a PPC (now VMS)

[Eric Dittman]

> >   VMS in particular is HUGE in non-Internet-connected industries in 
> > which uptime, reliability, and security is a concern.  The defense 
> > industry, for example, is swimming in a sea of VMS machines.  These 
> > aren't little piddly things like "if this system goes down it'll cost 
> > me money"...it's more like "if this system goes down it will cost 
> > people their LIVES".  THIS is where VMS shines.
> 
> It's big in health care, traffic light control (NYC DOT) and I know
> Verizon runs a bunch of VMS sytems (not sure what application).

VMS also runs the toll systems for NY and NJ.
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