Looking at EPS numbers, Dell is doing better. However, as prices
continue to erode in the PC market, Compaq and HP (together or
separately) have considerable diversity in systems.
The question of what happens to Tru64 is a big one that probably only
Michael and Carly could answer today. I would hope that the resultant
OS (whether Tru64 or HP-UX ) is significantly better than HP-UX.
Probably for legacy and contract reasons Tru64 will exist for quite some
time. (Note that there are a considerable number of HP systems (former
Convex) that are still running SPUX. I don't see HP-UX ported to Alpha,
and the Alpha will be around for 10 years or so (although new
development will be ended in 3 as announced). How many years ago was
it that HP announced that PA-RISC was going away.
In any case there is a lot of stuff to be sorted out.
On 5 Sep 2001, at 8:05, Rich Payne wrote:
> I'm sure it has, but yet Dell is still doing better. Saying you've
> improved is great, but let's face it, Q had/has a long way to go.
> Oh, please don't take this as sour grapes from the end of Alpha, from a
> business point of view it was an excellent decision, and in the light of
> the HP sale it makes even more sense.
>
> At this point in time supporting your own chip, even if you do market it
> properly (Sun) is going to be difficult. Never mind spending all that
> money on a product then doing your best not to tell people about.
>
> As for Tru64 on Itanium, saying you had it three years ago is wonderful,
> but where is it today? After
> yesterdays announcment who is going to by Tru64? Now, do I have anything
> against Tru64, no I think it's an excellent OS, and very stable, but in
> the buy out HP-UX will be left standing and Tru64 will be dropped.
Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
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