On Jun 6, 2013, at 8:19 AM, "Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-" <system at TMESIS.COM> wrote:
Michael Holmes <mholmes10 at hotmail.com> writes:
Damn!
I work in federal govt and we have numerous (3 digits) VMS hosts world-wide t=
hat never gave us any trouble (especially compared to windoze).=20
Really? According to HP's Lorraine Bartlett VP BCS Marketing & Strategy who
gave a keynote at the recent OpenVMS Bootcamp in mid-March, there were less
than 200 VMS customers and none were in Gov't. I, and those in attendance,
knew better. That figure must represent the largest VMS Itanium customers
and HP only case about LARGE sales. I know of at least 100 sites with VMS
Itanium boxes in the US and I am sure there are more world-wide. Itanium,
not the first generation anyway, did not win the hearts of VMS afficionados
happily running it on Alpha. IMO, it was not until recent blade comfigura-
tions that people started to move. Some are happy with their Alpha instal-
lations and were waiting for VMS in i4. So, HP created a self-fulfilling
prophecy.
That is BS. I worked in DoD Military Health System and we had at least 101 host sites which we had to upgrade the big sites to Itanium (C7000 & blades) as the alphas were end of life and we recycled some of the alphas as spares for the smaller sites until they could be moved over to the smaller C3000 blades setup.
When I left we were looking at potentially moving the application to run under windows server, but it couldn't do clustering like VMS could.
HP is missing a huge market in healthcare as the 3 major commercial electronic health record systems all are run under MUMPS which runs great on VMS.
Sadly HP never really listened to DoD security concerns and didn't upgrade VMS to address the items (like native PKI support) we had to move away from VMS since the vendor had no plans to fix.
Guess well have to suffer more critical system failures in the future.=20
Hopelessly Pathetic, isn't it?
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On Thu, 6 Jun 2013, Dave McGuire wrote:
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!)
If you end up with a surplus of Itanium machines, let me know. I'm looking for examples of many different architecture. Eventually I will compare performance between them somehow perhaps. ;)
-Dave
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On Thu, 6 Jun 2013, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2013-06-06 10:53, Mark Benson wrote:
I wouldn't hold out hope for the Hobbyist program lasting much longer
than 2016 or at best the 2020 EOL.
Afraid you might be right. However, a pipe dream would be that HP
actually released all DEC-related stuff at that point. Finally shaking
RSX and other PDP-11 software free would be nice.
That would be VERY nice. ;)
Ultimately, we don't *need* it we just prefer working legitimately if we
can. How many people here have legit RSX-11 licenses and still use it as
Hobbyists anyway?
How about having legit license, and use it professionally? (Yes, we do
exist...)
Anyway, yeah, from a pure practical point of view, the licenses are not
really needed.
Johnny
Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 08:54:13AM +0100, Mark Benson wrote:
I cant say I'm exactly shocked. HP are 8n serious trouble and
are shedding stuff to try and stop sinking.
HP came out and did a "keynote" at the yearly company get together thing
my last workplace had. It was less of a keynote and more of a plea to
not abandon them. It was actually very sad.
I wonder when Hobbyist licenses will cease issuing...
Never, I hope. :/
-brian
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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.
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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
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New Kensington, PA
On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 06/06/2013 12:33 PM, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- 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!)
What did you get?
An HP zx2000.
-Dave
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New Kensington, PA
Hello!
Dave, other way around. The circumstances are similar to your many
cats. You didn't adopt them. They adopted you. So this amazing system
that arrived adopted you instead of adopting him.
One of my older systems, not the Sun unit, is in the same position.
Funny concerning O'scopes. Mine is a thirty year old Tek 2213. Right
now all I need is a backup set of probes.....
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On 06/06/2013 12:33 PM, lee.gleason at comcast.net wrote:
I still use a handheld digital multimeter (Fluke 77) that I got 22 years
ago. It still works great, holds its calibration, and does its job well.
But if I were a proper American, I should've thrown it in the trash 15-17
years ago and purchased a new one, for no valid reason.
The two tools I use the most for electronics are a Tektronix 465 and a
Fluke 8022. Both made around 1975, both heavily used and have many many hours
on 'em, and both still work perfectly. I expect them to keep doing so for
quite a while longer. Back in the day, if you were wiling to pay extra for
quality, you really got it, not like today.
Absolutely. I strongly prefer top-end, older test equipment to newer
low-end stuff, and the prices are about the same. My lab is a sea of HP and
Tektronix logos.
For a current oscilloscope, you end up getting garbage unless you spend
$50K or more. (the HP scope I was just looking at is $300K, no typo
there...and that's what it takes to outperform the 20-year-old 54120B that I
have on the way for about $1K!)
BTW, I have a "parts unit" 465 here, it's really beat up. Its yours if you
want it, for spares for your working 465.
-Dave
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New Kensington, PA
On 06/06/2013 12:33 PM, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- 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!)
What did you get?
An HP zx2000.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> writes:
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!)
What did you get?
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Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.
From: "Dave McGuire" <mcguire at neurotica.com>
> I still use a handheld digital multimeter (Fluke 77) that I got 22 years
>ago. It still works great, holds its calibration, and does its job well.
>But if I were a proper American, I should've thrown it in the trash 15-17
>years ago and purchased a new one, for no valid reason.
The two tools I use the most for electronics are a Tektronix 465 and a Fluke 8022. Both made around 1975, both heavily used and have many many hours on 'em, and both still work perfectly. I expect them to keep doing so for quite a while longer. Back in the day, if you were wiling to pay extra for quality, you really got it, not like today.
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Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR
Control-G Consultants
lee.gleason at comcast.net
On Jun 6, 2013, at 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?
Has anyone talked to HP as to their intentions with the hobbyist program? It would be nice to see them hand over an officially-sanctioned PAK generator to the community - do you think we will ever see that day?
It's certainly worth asking. I've seen some other examples where, with persistence, "crown jewels" were peeled loose. An example that comes to mind is CDC mainframe software, and in fact the initial loosening happened when the product was still (slightly) alive. Persistence and diplomacy is needed for this -- remember that there isn't really anything in it for the owner company, so you have to understand that such releases are a gesture of good will (perhaps with some modest PR benefits) on their part. Those of you who have the interest and the diplomatic skill may want to start working on this.
paul
