Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site bbncca.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!bbncca!sdyer From: sdyer@bbncca.ARPA (Steve Dyer) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.unix Subject: Re: DEC announces a mainframe: future of Ultrix Message-ID: <1128@bbncca.ARPA> Date: Fri, 9-Nov-84 16:38:14 EST Article-I.D.: bbncca.1128 Posted: Fri Nov 9 16:38:14 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Nov-84 04:42:16 EST References: <323@wu1.UUCP> Organization: Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 17 I went to the DEC announcement of the VAX 8600 in Boston, and was rather distrubed by the conspicuous lack of mention of Ultrix. The company line on the "new" Digital (aimed directly for the suit-and-tie CEO audience) was "It's *all* VAX and it's *all* VMS." I was hoping that this simply reflected the fact that their new baby is aimed for most cost-effective use in a VAXcluster environment, and that the Ultrix group hasn't attacked that problem yet. But, still, one worries... I've also heard rumors that the VMS and Ultrix groups have been merged and that all future development will be toward emulation of a UNIX environment under VMS. Anyone know if this is for real? -- /Steve Dyer {decvax,linus,ima,ihnp4}!bbncca!sdyer sdyer@bbncca.ARPA