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Re: Open letter to RSI about dropping Alpha Tru64 [message #27537 is a reply to message #27535]

Sat, 27 October 2001 22:14

Joseph B. Gurman
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Registered: April 2000

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In article <9rb7ub$593$3@readme.uio.no>, colin.rosenthal@astro.uio.no
wrote:

> On 25 Oct 2001 14:44:17 GMT,
> William Thompson <thompson@orpheus.nascom.nasa.gov> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> I also question how accurately RSI can determine how many of their
>> customers
>> are using Tru64 Unix. Just before RSI made the announcement about
>> dropping
>> platforms, I had just put in a purchase order for yearly maintenance for
>> our
>> Tru64 and Windows platforms. However, many of our licenses are now
>> floating
>> licenses, and may not be properly accounted for as being used on Tru64
>> platforms.
>
> Bingo! We also run IDL on dozens of Tru64 machines, but as these are
> floating licenses RSI has no idea about them.

We have a bunch, too, but I wonder if the raw number matters to RSI
--- the "business" question may be whether they can sell any _more_ next
year than this year, or even any more at all. Given the uncertain future
of Tru64 in an HP-Compaq merger, I can't say I blame RSI for this
one.... not that I'm not ticked off by it.

Just as I was by the OpenVMS decision last year. And yes, there are
lots of VMS machines still running IDL, too. I suspect that there will
still be OpenVMS machines running IDL years after HP stops selling Tru64.

Ah, well, at least IDL 5.2 still offers GIF support.

Joe Gurman

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		Re: Open letter to RSI about dropping Alpha Tru64 By: Spade on Sat, 27 October 2001 22:49
		Re: Open letter to RSI about dropping Alpha Tru64 By: Joseph B. Gurman on Sat, 27 October 2001 22:14
		Re: Open letter to RSI about dropping Alpha Tru64 By: colinr on Fri, 26 October 2001 01:47
		Re: Open letter to RSI about dropping Alpha Tru64 By: Dave Greenwood on Thu, 25 October 2001 08:45

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