Subject: Re: RIP, VAX
To: J.S. Havard <enigma@sevensages.org>
From: Andrew Phillips <atp@mssl.ucl.ac.uk>
List: port-vax
Date: 08/26/1999 12:26:58
> Why not do it? I'm sure we could get enough people together to pitch in
> some money to buy parts of dec, and the Vax and PDP architectures. Let
> compaq keep the Alpha, its not as pure (I sould like a Quake-I biggot).
Yep, as an idea for "NuVAX", include a PCI bus for new fangled
stuff, and write a VAX instruction set microcode layer for the new
transmeta processor, so you have a VAX processor running at several
thousand VUPS. Keep the old cases and power supplies.
>
> Also, while we are at it, let's buy the real Unix source (research, and
> sysV, still allow SCO to use it), and the Unix trademark. Muahahahaha.
> I'd also bet people would be willing to do that, also.
Have to get in quick, otherwise RedHat Software might buy out
SCO + the trademark before you :-). I've got 10 quid (16 euros) I'd put
towards owning the UNIX trademark. After all, its not like SCO is
using it is it? Bit like seeing an 11/780 being used as a henhouse out
in the back yard.
Andy
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