Ditto, what Paul said.....:-) I didn't know that OpenVMS could run on Intel Itaniums, but it sounds way cool.
DJ What's next, Mac under z/VM? :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Raulerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Partially Successful: OpenVMS on System z Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:36:51 -0500 > Holy (!&^#) Batman!!!!!! > > Would you believe I have been moving some of my personal > clients (not my day job :) onto OpenVMS on Itaniums > because: > > (1) The clients are purely disgusted with the iSeries > world. The thing is now named "i" - no series! Try to > explain that to a > an irritated customer! > > (2) The clients don't have budgets big enough to move to > an zSeries solution, especially since PSI and Flex seem > dead, > and IBM is taking its sweet time about coming out > with an affordable small system (ala MP3Ks...) > > (3) HP has a great developer program > > (4) I an put them on an Itanium, with software, for > under $10K. Under $3K if they are okay with used > hardware. Alphas are even less, but are *all* used > hardware. Wow... > > Yeah, I'm interested. :) > > > > On Sep 8, 2008, at 2:19 PM, David Boyes wrote: > > > Latest interesting step: Ive gotten a partial boot of > > OpenVMS in a virtual machine on System z. Some > > instruction emulation still needs work (the Alpha POP > > is a little unclear in a few areas), but we have > system services initializing and hardware detection is > > fully functional. > > > > *grin* Anybody interested? > > > > -- db > > > > David Boyes > > Sine Nomine Associates > >
