Article: HP Wins Oracle Lawsuit
By: Ricardo B (ricardo.b.delete@this.xxxxx.xx), August 2, 2012 8:08 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
rwessel (robertwessel.delete@this.yahoo.com) on August 2, 2012 7:54 am wrote:
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> Although that doesn't directly address Ricardo's question.
> Without a semi-healthy HP-UX base, it's unlikely that IPF development is
> sustainable for only the VMS and NonStop customer bases. Likewise System Z
> would not be viable without the zOS base (despite the existence of zVSE, zTPF,
> zVM, and Linux).
I would not compare it that way.
IMHO, VMS/NonStop are to IPF what z/OS is to zSeries: "weird" non-Unix OS with deep pocket customers which would have a very hard time migrating to another platform.
I would not compare HP-UX to z/OS. Being Unix, HP-UX is vulnerable to migrations to Linux no matter what.
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> Although that doesn't directly address Ricardo's question.
> Without a semi-healthy HP-UX base, it's unlikely that IPF development is
> sustainable for only the VMS and NonStop customer bases. Likewise System Z
> would not be viable without the zOS base (despite the existence of zVSE, zTPF,
> zVM, and Linux).
I would not compare it that way.
IMHO, VMS/NonStop are to IPF what z/OS is to zSeries: "weird" non-Unix OS with deep pocket customers which would have a very hard time migrating to another platform.
I would not compare HP-UX to z/OS. Being Unix, HP-UX is vulnerable to migrations to Linux no matter what.
