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From: =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>
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Subject: Re: ISO: The Eiffel OO programming language and IDE, on VMS
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:24:55 -0400
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On 3/27/2025 5:08 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2025 15:27:01 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> VMS usage within DoD has plummeted similar to most other markets.
> 
> If VMS on x86 could have come out a few years earlier, it would likely
> have kept more customers.

Yes.

But the majority of the losses came before the x86-64 port
was even announced.

Arne