Subject: Re: Compaq sets final order dates for VAXen.
To: Daniel A. Seagraves <DSEAGRAV@toad.xkl.com>
From: NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
List: port-vax
Date: 08/17/2000 10:13:18
> VAX 4000, MicroVAX 3100, and all associated options are being retired.
> Final order date is September 30,2000.
> The last ship date will be Dec 31,2000.
>
> http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/vax/vax_dates.html
>
> The VAX is dead. Long Live the VAX!
Nah, it will live on for a long time.... But, for the sake of discussion,
would this free up machines for us to play with? I would expect that once
it is officially dropped, folks will be avoiding them like the plague.
Mebbie that will free some up from the cloistered shadows for NetBSD use?
Bob