Yes. There was a level of quality and thought put into the systems that I haven&#x27;t experienced since.<p>Just to provide some more contrast... Just about every other system had to be rebooted daily or every few days.<p>The problem with VMS was the hardware. Eventually the pain of being on slow, expensive machines allowed other companies to take more share. By the time the Alpha systems were ready, the Pentium (and soon Pentium Pro) was suprising every OS vendor.