kristopolous
11 hours ago
Something I didn't know that according to wikipedia, hpux is still being developed. I thought it had stopped with the pa-risc machines being killed off. Anyone here still using it?
Also, apparently, OpenVMS releases are still rolling out as well.
I'm glad these things are still happening but I can't imagine they're profitable. Am I missing something?
Palomides
11 hours ago
I think they do some kind of bare minimum security update release once per year, so "still being developed" is a stretch, they're probably just milking the support contracts. afaict the last server HP-UX will run on ended sales in 2020.
openvms got spun out into a tiny little company and is at least somewhat alive
kristopolous
10 hours ago
Right. My imagined reason was they signed ambitious contracts a long time ago that promised some decades of support and they're running it in a way that's less then the penalty they'd have to pay for breaching the contract. This works with the modem Jack Welchified HP.
But again, that's pure imagination.
mrpippy
8 hours ago
HP-UX also ran on Itanium, those were on sale until 2021. No one bought those without a support contract, and probably some guarantee of support for at least 10 years.