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- From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
- Subject: Re: Why is Sun abandoning SunOS4.1.3?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.161519.22729@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
- Organization: Inland Sea
- References: <C03HLL.41z@fsg.com> <1928@niktow.canisius.edu> <root.725919544@maui>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 93 16:15:19 GMT
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- kbibb@maui.qualcomm.com (Ken Bibb) writes:
-
- >Why is it that DEC (at least locally) refuses to give a release date
- >for OSF on Alpha then? At this point, only VMS is supposed to be
- >available on Alpha. From what I understand, OSF will be available
- >93Q3, but what about the old Ultrix vendors who are hosed? Sounds
- >like the same complaint that's being lodged against sun.
-
- Perhaps DEC isn't sure how long the OSF-1 is going to take, and is being
- honest? Their original plans were to drop Ultrix and the MIPS line for
- OSF-1 and the Alpha. There was a huge hue and cry, and DEC changed
- their plans. No doubt redistributing the resources to cover this change
- has messed up schedules.
-
- Caveat -- nobody tells me what goes on inside DEC, I'm just guessing. . .
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