[Info-vax] Should Oracle buy OpenVMS?

[Arne Vajhøj]

Neil Rieck wrote:
> After Oracle's purchase of Sun, it seems apparant that Oracle is
> serious about getting into the enterprise business.

I think Oracle has been in that business for many many years.

Just not with HW and OS.

> Oracle bought RDB from DEC in the 1990s but if OpenVMS is de-
> emhpasized by HP then RDB is toast. Maybe HP would let OpenVMS go for
> something lower than the often estimated value of $4 billion -IF-
> Oracle agreed to buy Itanium hardware from HP for the next 3-5 years.
> (hey, who thought Hpq could have been enticed to kill off Alpha?)
> 
> Now if I haven't convinced you so far then here is a quote from
> Oracle's own web site "Oracle Is the # 1 Business Software Company"
> http://www.oracle.com/features/hp/business-software-company.html
> Since OpenVMS has always been considered a business OS then having
> Oracle acquire the OpenVMS division of HP makes total sense.

Business software usually mean ERP and CRM today. And the
standard based (just with a 10 million dollars in customization)
solution does usually not run on VMS.

Most of Oracle business apps are Java EE based.

I don't see much reason for them to buy VMS.

Arne