Re: VMS on ALPHA PC's

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From: Douglas A. Brune
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:37

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In article <1k3pqsINNo4r@mojo.eng.umd.edu> and <1k1javINNvb@sol.tis.com>, 
various authors write:

>>>I think DEC is missing market share waiting for NT. Get the boxes out running
>>>VMS and SoftPC now.

>>workstation, too. Waiting for NT is a strategic blunder.

>Count me in for three. It makes no sense (other than intentional marketing BS)
>to limit the low-end machine to NT and only NT.

I disagree. I expect that porting VMS or OSF/1 to the Alpha PC would
involve significantly more effort than porting NT, because the Alpha
PC is intended to support all kinds of industry standard equipment.
With NT, DEC can take advantage of already-written drivers.  With VMS
or OSF/1, they'd have to put in more effort.

Since DEC was already trying to bring up VMS ond OSF/1 on Alpha/
Turbochannel/Futurebus platforms, and since Microsoft had promised NT
for Q4 1992, I can understand why DEC didn't want to take on an
Alpha/EISA port of VMS and OSF/1. They may regret the decision,
however, if NT slips any more.

Doug    brune@luther.che.wisc.edu

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From: brune@luther.che.wisc.edu (Douglas A. Brune)
Subject: Re: VMS on ALPHA PC's
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Date: 26 Jan 93 12:37:08 CST
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