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From: rand@hwcae.cfsat.honeywell.com (Douglas K. Rand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: HP 9000/700s not running Domain/OS
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Date: 4 Apr 91 16:11:48 GMT
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>>>>> On 4 Apr 91 12:11:58 GMT, rwilkie@apollo.com (Richard Wilkie) said:
> Domain/OS will NOT run on top of HP-UX in any way. Domain/OS will NOT
> run on the Series 700 machines.

Just my two cents worth.... No flames intended.

I've been watching this discussion for a few days now, and I'd just
like to voice my opinion. I don't much mind that Domain/OS is dying a
slow death. It is a good operating system, but it sounds like OSF will
be many of the good things of Domain/OS, and many of the Unix things
I like. (Please, I don't mean to start a Domain/OS vs. Unix war; I
like Domain/OS too.)

I do mind that Domain/OS is dying a very quick and immediate death
when new hardware is concerned. *IF* the rumors about the DN10K
upgrades not happening are true, those of us stuck with Domain/OS are
stuck!

Yes, I want to move to OSF. But it isn't even released yet. Even if it
is released tomorrow, it will take our vendors months, perhaps years
(can you say Mentor Graphics?) to get to OSF. So, what do we do till
then.

Why does HP-UX get a free ride? I gotta admit that it sounds like HP
bought Apollo, and doesn't really care about Apollo's old customers.
Yes, we got the 400's (and I like them alot). But, what do we do till
we get to OSF?

Please keep up with OSF. It will be a good thing. But don't forget
about us. And don't give us this stuff that its in OSF. We don't have
OSF. We won't be running OSF for at least 18-24 months Give us
hardware we can use now.

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