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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to All   
   Re: VMS previous DEC/CPQ/HP[E] decisions   
   10 Oct 25 22:04:47   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:05:49 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
      
   > The vast majority of Solaris system revenue was made after that. And   
   > questionable whether they could have made the same revenue on x86   
   > due to the competition.   
      
   In my experience, companies with high-volume, low-margin products have   
   a better chance of success taking over low-volume, high-margin markets   
   than those trying to go the other way.   
      
   > But it still does not make sense to do a migration that will require   
   > another migration later compared to just do one migration to   
   > something with a future.   
      
   Depending on the costs involved, cashflow considerations might dictate   
   otherwise.   
      
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