[geeks] HP dumps HP-UX on Itanium (from slashdot)

[Ken Hansen]

If you read the article, they *stole* (recruited) these folks from all the
top shops (AT&T/Lucent, SCO, others) - these guys were working on porting
HP-UX applications to IA-64 technology...

Maybe, if they were working on porting HP-UX to Alpha their careers would be
different...

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter L. Wargo" <pwargo at basenji.com>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Cc: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] HP dumps HP-UX on Itanium (from slashdot)


> On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:
>
> > A reader writes "On Tuesday HP announced that it is closing a lab in
> > NJ. This was an HP-UX development lab, responsible for porting HP-UX
> > to IA64. The lab employed top engineers, including some who have
> > worked in Unix kernels for over 20 years (originally from Bell Labs,
> > Novell, and other companies). " That report came from a soon-to-be
> > former employee.
>
> Hmmm... Could mean that they are:
> A) Going to go with True64 on IA64.
> B) Realizing that IA64 will truly SUCK, and are focusing on PA-RISC.
> C) Just fucking clueless.
>
> I vote C, as HP gets my "we have no set direction" award.  What ever
> happened to Superdome, anyhow?
>
> -Pete
>
>
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