On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 02:45:07PM +0100, Christian Holm Christensen wrote: > On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:13:33 -0800 > Konstantin Olchanski <olchansk@sam.triumf.ca> wrote > concerning "Re: ROOT on windows98 or 2000 ????": > > What Digital did with VMS, was to bundle the OS with the Hardware, > much like Digital did with OSF, HP did with HP-UX, and IBM with DOS. Yes, all but IBM: the IBM mainframe OSes (VM, MVS, etc) are (were) available on "IBM mainframe" clones, same as the IBM "PC" DOS is available on "IBM PC" clones. An exception is the AS/400 OS, but I do not think anybody ever built AS/400 clones. > BTW, I saw on Compaq's home page that someone is planning/have to port > VMS to Intels Itanium chip [2]. Yes, this is their new "big plan". Pipe dreams, I would say. Big yawn... However, today's freshmeat has "FreeVMS-0.0.1" (http://freevms.free.fr). An ironic coincidence? -- Konstantin Olchanski Email: olchansk@triumf.ca Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada
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