VAX Users See the Writing on the Wall 463
Snot Locker writes "An informative piece at ComputerWorld talks about how VAX users are anticipating the costly migration to more modern systems. Several noteworthy tidbits, including hints of the port of OpenVMS to Itanium and the tale of VAX systems that have not had a reboot in 6 years!"
Oh man! (Score:5, Funny)
It must be hard for Windows users to imagine... (Score:5, Funny)
Hell, with the critical-update-du-jour lately, it's probably hard for Windows users to imagine a computer that's been running since the previous week without being rebooted.
Big Deal... (Score:5, Funny)
Hahaha....i have a computer that has not had a reboot in almost 10 years.
In fact it's still somewhere in the closet.
I should plug it in sometime....
Re:Don't trash them if you don't have to. (Score:5, Funny)
Fact: *BSD is dying
VAX in modern poetry (Score:5, Funny)
And plunged it deep into the VAX;
Don't you envy people who
Do all the things YOU want to do?
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How many times have VAX users heard this? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:6 years of uptime? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:6 years of uptime? (Score:5, Funny)
Reliability....Priceless (Score:5, Funny)
VAX tech? Hah! (Score:5, Funny)
Right.
Show me RMS's heavier and less-well-groomed brother in Birkenstocks, a T-shirt, and suspenders and I'd be a little more likely to believe it.
6 year uptime ? Phooey. (Score:5, Funny)
Pah. My abacus (which has been handed down through 3 generations) has had an uptime of nearly 100 years. And apart from missing a few of the counters (I was a curious child) it still works great.
Them thar 'puters are just new fangled junk.
There are STILL vaxen??? (Score:3, Funny)
Geez... (Score:2, Funny)
It looks like troll's fest day!
First backup tapes, then Microsoft, now VAX.. what's next BSD, Apple and Sun ?
Oh.. and has Netcraft confirmed it yet?
The Vax will never die (Score:2, Funny)
It's runs an enitre depratement and we love it.
Most people's problem with the vax is caused by
their reckless disregard for safety.
Always rember to bend at the knee's when you
bang your head against the wall. If you bend at your
waist you'll throw out your back.
"Your uptime has been positively incremented.... (Score:5, Funny)
[ OK ] [ Cancel ]
Re:getting there (Score:3, Funny)
Bad command or file name
hmmm...
Re:6 years of uptime? (Score:5, Funny)
Writing on the wall (Score:5, Funny)
An old VAX tale (Score:5, Funny)
I call bullshit! (Score:5, Funny)
You can't have more than one person using a computer at the same time! They'd fight over the mouse!
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Re:The good ol' days... (Score:2, Funny)
I'm still partial to the humor that the programmers added to the system. Like variables that are expressed in microfortnights [catb.org], or an error message that reads, "Shut 'er down Clancy, she's pumpin' mud [thepen.com]."
Re:VAX replacement? (Score:2, Funny)
Is it just me, or does it sound like there's a good story behind this statement?
Strange Cousins (Score:3, Funny)
The strange thing is that Windows XP is an indirect descendant of the OS that probably is running on those VAX systems with those giant swinging uptimes. The story goes that back in the day, the Windows NT team had a large number of VMS vetrans on board, and that there was more than a little bit of code in common between VMS and Windows NT. The story is actually kinda interesting; you can read about it here [win2000mag.com].
The urban legend is that Windows NT is so called because if you "add" one letter to each of VMS, you get WNT (like with HAL and IBM [wordiq.com]). And then if you're feeling snarky, you say something like "see, you had to know that the NT couldn't stand for new technology." But you probably shouldn't expect anyone to laugh.
Ahh... The good old times... (Score:4, Funny)
I also remember when we got an upgrade to the "new" VAX line. The old ones used to be these big washing machine types of machines, we had them in the 3rd floor, and remember waiting up there to see how they get the new washing machines up there.
I was waiting for a while with a colleague, when suddenly a technician came in, carrying a little box under his arm. He put the box on the old washing machine, reconnected some cables and left... Leaving me a my friend open-mouthed.
Re:Six Years? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Six Years? (Score:5, Funny)
VAX is dying... (Score:2, Funny)
ah, forget it.
Re:VAX emulators (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, all the reliablility of a modern PC, with the syntax of VMS. Someone must really be into S&M.
Dean G.
Re:I _KNEW_ VMS... (Score:1, Funny)
VAX in music (Score:3, Funny)
Careful with that VAX, Eugene!
Re:6 years of uptime? (Score:1, Funny)
The disk has its own plans
Re:VAX emulators (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Why I love my new Dell notebook (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe your gateway should be called WINDOWS. Given what it leads to and all.
Re:Migrating to Inanium is an "upgrade"? (Score:2, Funny)
NT on Alpha? (the, by far, most powerful processor of its time) please... Let run NT on Alpha, so we can create the most powerful virus distribution system the world has ever known!
12:013 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the Engineering Groups which brought forth VAX, VMS and Alpha.
12:017 And the dragon was wroth with the Engineering Groups, and went to make war with the remnant of their seed, which keep the commandments of VMS, and have the testimony of VAX and Alpha.