[Info-vax] VMS on a PC

[Michael D. Ober]

"FrankS" <sapienza at noesys.com> wrote in message 
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On Jan 17, 12:17 am, "faceman28... at yahoo.com" <faceman28... at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> I just searched here in NYC for VMS jobs on DICE and found 2 (TWO)
> listed. I just get the impression from my peek of interest that HP is
> just content to let VMS wither and die on the vine.

I wouldn't guess at the number of remaining VMS sites based on the
number of job openings.  Whether it indicates the lack of new, never-
before installations in one specific geography is a different
argument.

That being said, I have pretty good information that over the past
couple of years fewer subscribers have been reporting OpenVMS sites on
CMP Media surveys.  That's either a sign of the decline of OpenVMS
installations, or that fewer people at OpenVMS sites are subscribing
to CMP Media publications.


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I would say it's both.  CMP almost never talks about anything relavent to 
VMS, so we simply have stopped subscribing to their publications.  Also, as 
old hardware dies (not the OS, the hardware), the replacement cost for 
Windows or Linux is far cheaper than replacing the VMS.  Replacing VMS with 
Windows/Linux solutions also gains the benefit of being able to purchase off 
the shelf software that meets 90% of your needs while eliminating the 
payroll required to keep custom VMS developers on staff.  Unfortunately, in 
6 months when you have to hire a new admin at the same or higher cost, most 
CEOs and CFOs simply forget about the fact that they had 99% of their 
requirements met previously at the same price.

Mike.