hubcap@hubcap.UUCP (Mike S Marshall) (06/29/87)
I was talking on the phone to DEC direct the other day, & the person I was talking to let it slip that DEC's plans were to eventually discontinue ULTRIX. This surprises the (*&% out of me, has anyone else heard anything about this? -Mike Marshall hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu ...!hubcap!hubcap
louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) (06/30/87)
In article <235@hubcap.UUCP> hubcap@hubcap.UUCP (Mike S Marshall) writes: >I was talking on the phone to DEC direct the other day, & the person >I was talking to let it slip that DEC's plans were to eventually >discontinue ULTRIX. This surprises the (*&% out of me, has anyone else >heard anything about this? > >-Mike Marshall hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu ...!hubcap!hubcap I was in a meeting with one of the Ultrix product managers a week or two ago, and he didn't seem to indicate any plans to discontinued Ultrix. On the contrary, they are quite active in development in the Ultrix product. This is probably as close to the horse's mouth as you could get, 'cept for probaly Ken himself. Louis A. Mamakos WA3YMH Internet: louie@TRANTOR.UMD.EDU University of Maryland, Computer Science Center - Systems Programming
louis@auvax.UUCP (Louis Schmittroth) (07/01/87)
In article <235@hubcap.UUCP>, hubcap@hubcap.UUCP (Mike S Marshall) writes: > I was talking on the phone to DEC direct the other day, & the person > I was talking to let it slip that DEC's plans were to eventually > discontinue ULTRIX. This surprises the (*&% out of me, has anyone else > heard anything about this? We were treated to a grand tour of Maynard and environs last April, and DEC knew we were interested in UNIX. We given elaborate assurances that Ultrix has the same priority as VMS in DEC now, and that they are moving toward POSIX as that becomes well-defined. We did indeed see evidence of this at various departments, although there is a good deal of the "DEC is VAX, VMS, Ethernet" still around. Louis Schmittroth Athabasca University ...ihnp4!alberta!auvax!louis
henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (07/03/87)
> ...let it slip that DEC's plans were to eventually discontinue ULTRIX...
The thing to understand is that DEC really wanted VMS to be the only
operating system for the VAX, and they more or less got dragged kicking
and screaming into doing something about Unix support. The fact that some
of the draggers were within DEC itself didn't make the draggees any happier.
My impression is that the situation tends to alternate between open warfare
and tense ceasefires. In such a situation, even official policy is not
necessarily going to be stable from year to year. Unofficial rumors can
say anything, and probably will.
--
Mars must wait -- we have un- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
finished business on the Moon. {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,pyramid}!utzoo!henrykarl@grebyn.COM (Karl A. Nyberg) (07/04/87)
In article <8241@utzoo.UUCP>, henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes: > > ...let it slip that DEC's plans were to eventually discontinue ULTRIX... > > Unofficial rumors can say anything, and probably will. Gosh, has anybody noticed how Ultrix 2.0 has some lower level features from VMS (presumably to make it easier for the FEs)? I suppose I can be an unofficial rumor - would anybody believe me if I said that I expect VMS & Ultrix to merge in some (perhaps distant) release? Then DEC will be back to one hardware, one operating system, ... -- Karl -- DDN: nyberg@ada20.isi.edu INET: karl@grebyn.com - AKA - karl%grebyn.com@seismo.css.gov uucp: {decuac, seismo}!grebyn!karl