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In article <1ik7eeINN9tt@umbc5.umbc.edu> themos@umbc3.umbc.edu (Mr. Themos Pentakalos) writes:
>Hello everyone.
>In a few weeks, we will be receiving a 3000 Model 400  but we have not
>specified an operating system for it. Can you please answer these
>questions for me:
>
There are different part numbers for VMS and OSF/1 system. What part
number have you ordered? 

>In chosing between OSF/1 and VMS, what are the benefits/problems, besides
>the obvious differences of the operating systems?
>
VMS AXP 1.0 was officially released in Nov 1992. OSF/1 AXP won't be
released officially until March 1993. It's possible that you'll receive
a VMS system quicker than an OSF/1 system....

>Also, according to our rep, it is very simple and also free for us if we
>chose to change opearting systems on the machine sometime in the future.
>How true is that?
>
As far as VAXes are concerned, you cannot change OS's unless you pay for
an additional OS license fee. All along I believed the same to be true
of AXP as well. Ask your salesrep to double check this, or get this in
writing!

>Why are we getting an Alpha? Well, like the VP said at DECUS:
>"so we can finally run All-in-1..."

If you're serious, I guess you'll need to have VMS, since All-in-1
doesn't run on OSF/1! I would probably get Alpha, since as the VP
said, "Alpha really annoys Scott McNealy" :-)

Fred Velijanian
University of California, Irvine
fredv@uci.edu