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In article <266@raysnec.UUCP> shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) writes:

gustav> Aha, one more thing... Someone suggested here in comp.sys.sequent
gustav> that Sequent should embrace OSF/2. What Sequent could do is to 
gustav> provide two alternative OSs - much like DIGITAL (VMS and Ultrix)
gustav> or CRAY (once upon a time). A system such as OSF/2 may turn to 
gustav> be highly portable and with much of the work already done by OSF
gustav> maintenance on the side of the Sequent could be much reduced.

shwake> Might one be so blunt as to point out that OSF/2 does not exist!
shwake> Heck, OSF only released OSF/1 last November. Realistically, don't 
shwake> expect OSF/2 for another 18-24 months, perhaps another year beyond that
shwake> for it to appear as a robust, commercial product.

I'd be *real surprised* to see OSF/2 in 18-24 months.  This mythical
beast is nowhere close.  OSF is much more likely to release
incremental systems, some of which may partially adopt the true
micro-kernel approach.  Specialized server implementations, for
example.  At least, this is what Ira Goldstein et al were saying at
Uniforum this Janurary.  At this point, OSF/2 is identical to Microsoft's
NT -- micro-kernel-vaporware.