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
1. Per Oracle's Platform Strategy Advisory [last updated 28-May-02],
Tru64 Unix will continue to be Supported.
2. Per Compaq at
http://www.compaq.com/hps/download/Tru64UNIX_OpenVMS_Times_Rev2_052202.pdf
from
http://www.compaq.com/hps/commitment.html
a. HP plans to sell AlphaServers till at
YUP they sure have. I wonder what they'll look like in another 20 years?
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Author: Peter Barnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 6/4/2002 10:31 AM
Guess we had different experiences. OSF was being
replaced in favor of digital unix when I
Well said, Peter. I always admired Digital technology and have come to
appreciate its virtues even more after experiences with its
competitors. A shame, indeed.
--- Peter Barnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's a shame that Digital had such good computer
scientists and such lousy marketing.
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
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
I can confirm that Tru64 is quite alive and well at Oracle, no desupport
seen in the future. In fact there are new efforts going into Tru64 RAC.
Even when the alpha goes away there is an effort to port Tru64 to the
intel platform, but who knows where that is going with the merger :)
Regards,
8.1.7 is certified for tru64 4.0d-g,5.0,5.0a,5.1 and 5.1a
It is in metalink.
Log into metalink
Choose product lifecycle from the side menu
Choose certifications button
Choose by platform
Then choose the platform and the Oracle product.
-Original Message-
Sent: December 12, 2001 2:36
