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From: gentry@kcdev.UUCP (Art Gentry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: osf NOT to be on series 800's ??
Keywords: osf hpux hp
Message-ID: <1187@kcdev.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 90 15:19:11 GMT
References: <1166@kcdev.UUCP> <1243@prcrs.UUCP>
Reply-To: gentry@genco. (Art Gentry)
Organization: Gentry and Associates
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In article <1243@prcrs.UUCP> paul@prcrs.UUCP (Paul Hite) writes:
>In article <1166@kcdev.UUCP>, gentry@genco.UUCP (Art Gentry) writes:
>> Fairly reliable rumor heard at the recent ADUS conference in San Diago is,
>> that HP will NOT port OSF to the 9000/800 series risc machines.  Anyone
>> out there heard the same or maybe someone from HP could confirm/denie it?
>
>Forgive my ignorance, but what's ADUS?  I've never heard of it before.

ADUS is the Appolo Domain USers group.  They had their annual conference in
San Diago last month.

>Anyway at the Boston Interex there was an OSF session.  The speaker was
>from OSF and talked about OSF/1 (among other things).  Someone asked him
>when HP would deliver an OSF/1 based OS.  He replied that he couldn't
>speak for HP.  Some other person (wearing a blue badge) got up and said
>that he could speak for HP.  He said that HP hopes to deliver OSF/1 in
>the fall of 1991.
>
>I don't know that I'd bet the rent on that date, but every discussion
>of OSF/1 that I've heard has been about "when", not "if".

I got an email reply to the original post from a fellow that stated he
had heard via *his* rumor mill, that HP is going to put OSF/2, not OSF/1
on the 800 series in late 1991.  The date you heard and this guy did
seem to confirm that SOMETHING is going to happen, but at this point,
I'm not sure what that SOMETHING is going to be.  Mayhaps someone "in
the know" at HP would care to comment?  

Inquiring minds want to know! :-}

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