Subject: Re: Alpha notebook
To: Michael VanLoon \(Exchange\) <mvanloon@exchange.microsoft.com>
From: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 09/13/1996 19:06:51
> A laptop for running VMS. Now THAT is funny. Does this fall under the
> "inventions of dubious value" label? What's that saying? "... a
> submarine with a screen door..."
Actually, if you think about it, it's not stupid as it might seem
(assuming that you agree that there's still a market for VMS, which i
can only assume that there is)...
You want to run UNIX on a laptop? No problem. Pick the laptop and
UNIX you want, and go to it.
You want to run 95 or NT on a laptop? No problem...
You want to run VMS on a laptop? "Well, now you have an option!"
cgd