Article: HP Wins Oracle Lawsuit
By: Ricardo B (ricardo.b.delete@this.xxxxx.xx), August 2, 2012 6:31 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Paul A. Clayton (paaronclayton.delete@this.gmail.com) on August 2, 2012 5:20 am wrote:
> A
> decline of HP-UX sales would seem to be rather bad news for VMS and NonStop
> users. If HP is unwilling to support migration of HP-UX to x86, there might be
> justified concerns about the continued life of the less popular Itanium OSes.
> (Migration from HP-UX to Linux is probably much easier than a migration from VMS
> to Linux, so moving HP-UX to x86 might not be perceived as worthwhile but a
> greater life extension might be considered for VMS.)
Maybe, maybe not.
IBM's zSeries keeps living and being profitable on it's own, even though it requires a massive R&D effort, including specific CPUs.
Does VMS and NonStop bring the same kind of revenue?
And do they need the same kind of R&D effort or can they be ported to x86?
> A
> decline of HP-UX sales would seem to be rather bad news for VMS and NonStop
> users. If HP is unwilling to support migration of HP-UX to x86, there might be
> justified concerns about the continued life of the less popular Itanium OSes.
> (Migration from HP-UX to Linux is probably much easier than a migration from VMS
> to Linux, so moving HP-UX to x86 might not be perceived as worthwhile but a
> greater life extension might be considered for VMS.)
Maybe, maybe not.
IBM's zSeries keeps living and being profitable on it's own, even though it requires a massive R&D effort, including specific CPUs.
Does VMS and NonStop bring the same kind of revenue?
And do they need the same kind of R&D effort or can they be ported to x86?