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Re: HP-UX AND PA-RISC
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Christian Lheureux <[log in to unmask]>
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Christian Lheureux <[log in to unmask]>
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That's no longer the case. As of HP-UX 11i v.2, there's only one line for both PA-RISC and Itanium HP-UX servers.

Christian Lheureux
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] De la part
> de Bob Brown
> Envoyé : mercredi 13 juillet 2005 16:55
> À : [log in to unmask]
> Objet : Re: [HP3000-L] HP-UX AND PA-RISC
> 
> There is a different "version" of hpux for PA-RISC compared to the
> Itanium.  I presume
> this means that the PA-RISC version will be desupported but that hpux
> will live-on
> with the Itanium version.
> 
> -Bob
> 
> At 9:27 AM -0700 7/7/05, John Clogg wrote:
> >Herb Statham wrote:
> >>  Is HP preparing to abandon HP-UX? Read the statement closely ..."and
> >its
> >>  version of the Unix operating system".
> >
> >As much as people want to assign some kind of subversive motive to HP's
> >decision to kill the HP 3000, it was a business decision.  HP was faced
> >with a big, expensive project to port MPE to IA-64, and they reached the
> >conclusion that HP 3000 sales had declined to the point that the port
> >was not worth the investment.  HP-UX sales are sufficient to make the
> >port; in fact it's already been done.  HP will continue to sell HP-UX
> >systems as long as they believe they can make money by doing so, and
> >will stop when that is no longer the case.
> >
> >We can certainly argue with HP's handling of the e3000 product line, and
> >the misleading (if not downright dishonest) statements about their
> >future plans for MPE, but to believe that they are secretly planning to
> >prematurely kill HP-UX just doesn't make sense.  Most of us saw the
> >handwriting on the wall for MPE years before the EOL announcement, but
> >had become complacent because we believed HP's hype.  We won't make that
> >mistake again.  When HP-UX does come to an end, I don't think it will be
> >a surprise.
> >
> >John Clogg
> >
> >My opinions are my own, etc.
> >
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