[rescue] Solaris on a PPC (now VMS)

[Lionel Peterson]

--- Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez <lefa at ucsc.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Al Potter wrote:
> > If you got hit by a bus tomorrow, and had to spend the rest of your
> > life on (computer controlled) life support, what OS would YOU
> > prefer to "run" on?
> >
> > My answer is VMS.
> >
> 
> Hum... tandem non-stop :-) of course!

Exactly- couldn't think of the name (I'd hate to have to bring down my
life-support system for a "Critical Update" from Microsoft ;^)

> Now, let me get this straight... a company that owns Non-Stop,
> openVMS, Tru64, and HP-UX is trying to promote NT? WTF???

WTF - is that some new OS for DEC/HP/Compaq hardware? ;^)

Oh wait, WTF = NT (as in What The Fuck is this shit? ;^)

=====
Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976
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