From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,985762be6fa32f22 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!nwrdny03.gnilink.net.POSTED!0f19ed38!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <2k06c5F16ql15U2@uni-berlin.de> <40DC0CA6.5040704@noplace.com> <06OtmLncSDdl@eisner.encompasserve.org> <40DDDBE0.1080207@noplace.com> Subject: Re: Improving Ada's Image X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:41:04 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.203.203.234 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny03.gnilink.net 1088430064 151.203.203.234 (Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:41:04 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:41:04 EDT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1969 Date: 2004-06-28T13:41:04+00:00 List-Id: "Marin David Condic" wrote in message news:40DDDBE0.1080207@noplace.com... > If VMS ran on a PC (and other platforms besides DEC equipment) and it > was available for what people tend to pay for a Windows or Linux > installation (near nothing in many cases) it might have stood a chance. > Even if VMS only ran on an Alpha, but you could at least buy one for > around a grand (like you can with a lower end PC) and it came with all > the end-user features one typically finds available on a PC - or can > readily be obtained for a PC at a rational cost - it might have been a > contender. But the Adult Supervision at DEC had other ideas - and where > are they now? I have a brother-in-law who, while he worked at DEC, had an Alpha-based laptop that ran VMS. I always wondered why this sort of platform was not more heavily promoted by DEC.