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Article #4586Re: Percentage of VAXs running some form of UNIX compared to VMS?
From: Ken Barr
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1987 17:50
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1987 17:50
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>>>I was wondering if any person out there has a guess (or real data) on
>>>the percent of VAXs that are running UNIX (Ultrix, 4.x, System V, ?)
>>>as compared to VMS??
>>
>>I believe the figures I heard were 10% Unix, 90% VMS.
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[more numbers deleted]
>
At DEC'S FAD (Field Announcement Day) in Santa Clara yesterday, David M.
Plumer of DEC's Central Engineering organization claimed that 25% of all
installed VAXen run "some kind of UNIX", with 50% of them running Ultrix.
SO, if 12.5% of DEC's *installed base* is running Ultrix, you gotta figure
that the past two years shipments have been in the 50%-50% VMS/Ultrix range.
Would be nice if someone from DEC Engr/Support could add some genuine
numbers to this discussion ...
--
Ken Barr {ucbvax,sun,csd-gould}!calma!barr
Calma Company calma!barr@ucbvax.ARPA
Disclaimer: Calma lets me use their computers and their mailstops. Unless
policy has changed, my opinions should not be considered as gospel.
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