Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!purdue!decwrl!granite!rwood
From: rwood@granite.dec.com (Richard Wood)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Ultrix support for 62n0/63n0 n>2?
Summary: SMP in next major release
Message-ID: <504@granite.dec.com>
Date: 30 Jun 89 03:24:08 GMT
References: <7153@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: rwood@dec.com (Richard Wood)
Organization: DEC U.S. Workstations
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In article <7153@cbmvax.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>
> Has anybody heard any intersting stories about when DEC will be
> supporting any more than dual processors on the 6000 series?
>

Let's add this up:

- Digital has made commitments many times that SMP for ULTRIX is in
  engineering.

- In the more recent past has suggested that it is in the next major
  release.

- Digital's Ultrix product general has a "major release" every other
  time, interleaved with bug-fix releases.

- The last major release was at the beginning of this year.

- The most recent "minor release" is shipping now (version 3.1).

- Digital tends to have releases every six months or so, historically
  speaking.

I don't believe I've stated anything you couldn't find out with a little
homework in the media of the past few months, yet a little elementary
logic will provide you with what one might consider a decent guess.

Of course, I'm not speaking officially - especially since I haven't said
anything.  You didn't even see this message.  You are at home, sleeping!


> Secondary questions:

Ask your DEC sales rep about "reference sites" if you want DEC's response
on this.

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Richard Wood		Digital Equipment Corporation		Palo Alto, Calif
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