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HP/UX is dead too because HP despite apparently having an x86 port won't be porting it off itanium. Random link about it (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/0
by StillBored 9y ago
HP/UX is dead too because HP despite apparently having an x86 port won't be porting it off itanium. Random link about it (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/08/hp_ux_on_x86_project_kinetic/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/08/hp_ux_on_x86_project...). Whether they do a 180 and port it to x86, the fact remains its probably to late, the damage has been done.
That leaves AIX, which at least has decent hardware to run on. But its got the OS/2 problem too, you can write your app for linux, and use the AIX toolbox for linux apps, and port your app. Although with power8 the move to LE linux, makes moving applications/data between linux on POWER and AIX on POWER more difficult.
- rodgerd 9y agoIronically HP/UX may nonetheless outlive Solaris - the claim of its imminent demise being the event that provided the excuse to de-support Oracle software on HP/UX.
- girvo 9y agoFor my work (and the 160-thread POWER8 box I got given to run it on by IBM) AIX didn't even enter the discussion, which was sort of a shame. I had no need for it, but it would've been fun; but Linux on POWER with Docker and everything else is surprisingly nice. Now to get myself one of those POWER9 workstations for home...
- rodgerd 9y agoI was at an IBM conf in 2014 where they were basically telling the AIX guys to get familiar with KVM as it would likely be replacing PowerVM sooner or later. The writing has been on the wall for a while, for better or worse.