[rescue] Solaris on a PPC (now VMS)

Ross Alexander ross at two-cats.net
Wed Feb 5 20:06:39 CST 2003


>   VMS in particular is HUGE in non-Internet-connected industries in 
> which uptime, reliability, and security is a concern.  The defense 
> industry, for example, is swimming in a sea of VMS machines.  These 
> aren't little piddly things like "if this system goes down it'll cost 
> me money"...it's more like "if this system goes down it will cost 
> people their LIVES".  THIS is where VMS shines.

It's big in health care, traffic light control (NYC DOT) and I know
Verizon runs a bunch of VMS sytems (not sure what application).


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Ross Alexander
ross at two-cats.net


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