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From: barr@calma.UUCP (Ken Barr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Percentage of VAXs running some form of UNIX compared to VMS?
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Date: Fri, 6-Mar-87 12:50:30 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  6 12:50:30 1987
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Reply-To: barr@calma.UUCP (Ken Barr)
Organization: GE/Calma Co., R&D Systems Engineering, Milpitas, CA
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>>>I was wondering if any person out there has a guess (or real data) on
>>>the percent of VAXs that are running UNIX (Ultrix, 4.x, System V, ?)
>>>as compared to VMS??  
>>
>>I believe the figures I heard were 10% Unix, 90% VMS. 
>
	[more numbers deleted]
>

At DEC'S FAD (Field Announcement Day) in Santa Clara yesterday, David M.
Plumer of DEC's Central Engineering organization claimed that 25% of all
installed VAXen run "some kind of UNIX", with 50% of them running Ultrix.

SO, if 12.5% of DEC's *installed base* is running Ultrix, you gotta figure
that the past two years shipments have been in the 50%-50% VMS/Ultrix range.

Would be nice if someone from DEC Engr/Support could add some genuine 
numbers to this discussion ...
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Calma Company		calma!barr@ucbvax.ARPA

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