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VAX Users See the Writing on the Wall

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wait-they-just-noticed-that-now? dept.

Snot Locker writes "An informative piece at ComputerWorld talks about how VAX users are anticipating the costly migration to more modern systems. Several noteworthy tidbits, including hints of the port of OpenVMS to Itanium and the tale of VAX systems that have not had a reboot in 6 years!"

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  1. Re:Alpha? Alpha is dead by hearingaid · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Incidentally, I just saw somebody mentioning Tru64. This is quite possibly the worst commercial Unix ever. Do not run Tru64. Do not take the CDs out of the shrinkwrap. Treat them as you would mail from AOL.

    God. I once had an account on a Tru64 system. It was every bad thing you ever heard about Unix, all rolled into one. Make your machine happy, put NetBSD or something useful on it, if you must have your Unix.

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