One more comment:

In article <[log in to unmask]>, Peter da Silva <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>       1. Is the software I need to run available in source form, so I
>          can buy whatever gets me the most bang for the buck? This has
>          always come down to IA32 or Alpha for me, but I can see the
>          IBM mainframe VM model being attractive for some applications.

          [let me add that this also means that you can let secondary
           applications pick your course, and in that case you switch to
           Plan B, viz:]

>       2. What operating systems and hardware is the software available
>          on? There's five main players in this market: Windows NT, MacOS,
>          Linux on IA32, Solaris on Sparc, and IBM's AS/400. There's a
>          bunch of vertical markets like mini/mainframe systems (AS400,
>          MPE, VMS, OS/1100, ...), raw CPU power (which is where we use
>          Tru64), massive databases (Solaris, Tru64, and all the miniframes,
>          I guess other biggish-iron UNIXes like HPUX and AIX)...

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