Re: Oracle on DEC ALPHA

In article <3g906t$21s_at_jac.zko.dec.com>, roderick_at_eps.enet.dec.com (Lisa Roderick) writes:
|>In article <3g3ms1$k02_at_yoda.Syntex.Com>, rjen_at_rvax.syntex.com says...
|>>
|>>At the
|>>last Northern CA Oracle User Group meeting, other DEC sites expressed the same
|>>sentiments - although there seem to be fewer and fewer DEC sites, as many are
|>>switching to unix. Now that Oracle has bought RDB, is there anywhere to get
|>>better service - or is DEC dead for database users?
|>>
|>
|>When you talk about DEC sites, are you talking about OpenVMS VAX? Because
|>Digital produces DEC OSF/1, which is UNIX. So, DEC doesn't mean VAX anymore.
|>
|>But to answer your question, sales of and migration to OpenVMS Alpha is going
|>very well for Digital right now. OpenVMS Alpha's future is bright. Oracle is
|>keeping up-to-date its database releases on OpenVMS Alpha.
|>
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|>Lisa Roderick
|>Applications Systems Engineering Performance Group
|>Digital Equipment Corporation

Lisa,

You're right, of course, I meant VMS (the kinder, gentler OS), not DEC. But I am glad (as a VMS user) to hear of the popularity of OpenVMS on Alpha.

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