>> On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Mark Green wrote:
>> >You've got to be kidding!!! Most VAXes out there are running large
>> >multiuser systems. The VAX has not been out of production for
>> >very long, and there are still a considerable number of systems
>>
>> The VAX is still in production, man.
>>
>> -Dave McGuire
>
>Sorry, with all the changes going on at Compaq, I thought they would
>have killed it off by now (after all it was a DEC machine) :-).
>
>--
>Dr. Mark Green mark_at_cs.ualberta.ca
I think production is supposed to stop this year. I gather it's stopping
more from a lack of parts than a lack of demand. I believe there is only
two or three models still being produced.
On the other hand Compaq has commited to support the platform for at least
another 10 years.
Zane
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