It's a shame that Digital had such good computer scientists and such lousy marketing. Digital Unix and the AlphaServer were the most stable Unix boxes in the world. Compaq never did understand the gem it purchased and HP will never admit that their current generation of hardware was outclassed by Digital 10 years ago.
All good runs must come to an end. It is just too bad that the end is an execution by technical nitwits. --- DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephane, Hemant > Below is the official word that I pulled off HP's > website. It is > straight PR material, so read between the words as > you choose. As I recall, > Compaq had already decided not to build the > next-generation Alpha chip > before the merger arose. If you are interested, I > would suggest that you > attend the HP roadshow when it comes to a city near > you and ask them the > hard questions yourself. Having worked for a > computer manufacturer in the > past, I can assure you that the manufacturer would > appreciate it if you > bought the last system to come off the production > line, then never called > them for support. My company plans to continue > operating our Tru64 systems > for several years to come, and they have provided > wonderful service. But > we're purchasing new Sun systems. > > "In this session, an HP Executive will highlight the > important current and > future role HP's business critical and high > performance AlphaServer(tm) > products play. We will also discuss the latest > advancements across the hp > AlphaServer product family, the latest on the future > Itanium® processor > family, and provide an update on the related > operating systems strategy. In > particular, we will share the updated OpenVMS(tm) > roadmap for continued > development and support on the AlphaServer platform > as well as a review of > the progress to date for porting OpenVMS to > Itanium®-based systems. > Discussion will also include the most > up-to-the-minute plans for integrating > Tru64(tm) UNIX® into HP-UX on the Itanium® > architecture and the continued > development and support of Tru64 UNIX on the > AlphaServer platform." > > Dennis Williams > DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 9:53 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > I'd never heard that Oracle has stopped > or is stopping support for Tru64. > We have more than 35 production databases > on Tru64 and have no intention of moving > out of Alpha-Tru64 in a hurry. We're even > looking at upgrading a mission critical > 8iOPS cluster on Tru64 to 9iRAC on Tru64. > > Hemant K Chitale > > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, 02 June, 2002 9:28 PM > > > > Stephane Faroult wrote: > > > > > ...Historically, Oracle was a port to > > > Digital (remember this brand?) > > > > Interesting. I'm reading this list because of a > recent > > project to retire the Digital-Alpha workstations. > > The main reason that these machines must be > de-commissioned is > > because Oracle stopped supporting Tru64. > > (Although it needs to be done EVENTUALLY, since > Alpha > > is basicly dead anyway.) > > > > The Alphas were bought to retire the VMS from 4-7 > years ago! > > > > Talk about unfortunate planning! > > -- > > Aaron Birenboim | The top three attributes of a > good programmer: > > Albuquerque, NM | Laziness, Impatience, and > Hubris > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > boim.com/~aaron | -- Randall Schwartz, author > of perl references > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: Aaron Birenboim > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 > FAX: (858) 538-5051 > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing Lists > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be > removed from). 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