Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:9051 comp.unix.questions:7360 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mtunx!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mcgill-vision!mouse From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: OSF, etc. -- some facts, some rumors Message-ID: <1127@mcgill-vision.UUCP> Date: 2 Jun 88 09:59:14 GMT References: <846@fig.bbn.com> Organization: McGill University, Montreal Lines: 26 Posted: Thu Jun 2 05:59:14 1988 In article <846@fig.bbn.com>, rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes: > Roughly half of the VAXen that DEC sells these days come with Ultrix > on them. (Someone on the net quoted a 15:1 VMS:Ultrix ratio; the > only possible way this can be true is if you count dollar value of > the systems sold.) Or if you ask the question in comp.os.vms :-) > When you count VAX workstations, more than half of DEC's machines go > out the door with Ultrix. Does anyone have figures on how many VAXen are still running whatever it was they were sold with? I'd be interested to see how many people are effectively holding this sort of dialogue: DEC: And which OS do you want on that VAX? Cust: Whatever's cheapest; we're going to leave it in the box and runanyway. (Why won't DEC sell the things without an OS? Seems like pure greed to me. Sigh. Or have they changed?) der Mouse uucp: mouse@mcgill-vision.uucp arpa: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu