[HECnet] discontinuance of VMS

[h vlems]

That is something I understand. Got my first ia64 two months ago. An rx2600 with two 1.3 GHz cpus. Nice but boy am i glad to have so many spare systems.  

Van: Dave McGuire
Verzonden: donderdag 6 juni 2013 17:56 PM
Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] discontinuance of VMS


On 06/06/2013 11:54 AM, Ian McLaughlin wrote:
> Now that HP have effectively discontinued VMS and associated hardware (I
> know - a few years out, but once you announce a sunset date, it's
> basically over) are we going to see hoarding of harware? Are Ebay prices
> going to start going up?

I'm hoarding hardware already.

But then I've been doing that for thirty years! B-)

(I just got my first VMS-capable Itanium2 machine!)

-Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA