[rescue] Solaris on a PPC (now VMS)
Bjorn Ramqvist
v53278 at g.haggve.se
Thu Feb 6 03:41:34 CST 2003
Ross Alexander wrote:
>
> > 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).
We use it to construct tanks.
And I'm not shiting you on this...
/Bjorn
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