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They definitely "can" port it, but would they? I believe HP is internally using Linux for more and more things -- the question is if there are enough customers
by spijdar 5y ago
They definitely "can" port it, but would they? I believe HP is internally using Linux for more and more things -- the question is if there are enough customers paying for HP-UX to make porting worth it, or if they are legally able to sell the rights to it as they did OpenVMS. Only HP knows the full answer.
- pferde 5y agoThere's still a lot of legacy HPUX servers out there, mostly running SAP+Oracle combo, but they all slowly get phased out in favour of Linux or Windows boxes. Still, some of them will likely remain chugging along for years to come, because their performance will simply be sufficient for the task at hand.
- jabl 5y agoI can well imagining HP milking existing HP-UX customers for all they're worth, but I'm finding it hard to justify spending much $$$ to develop it. So I would expect HPE to provide security patches and nothing more.