[Info-vax] OT: Elephants Can't Dance

[Arne Vajhøj]

Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote:
> In article <00003bb0$0$2148$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei
> <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes: 
>> Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote:
>>> The typical Rdb 
>>> customer on VMS neither wants nor needs bells-and-whistles features 
>>> which might exist in some other product---he wants something which will 
>>> do the job.
>> It also depends on how many customers are actively developping NEW
>> applications on VMS. If the vast majority are just maintaining existing
>> apps, then the need for new Rdb features is much less.
> 
> You make it sound like "either developing new apps needing the latest, 
> greatest bells-and-whistles stuff" or "maintaining existing apps, more 
> or less life support until the current staff retires".  There is a huge 
> middle ground, namely continuing to actively develop applications, 
> requesting and using new database features where appropriate, but not 
> jumping on the flavour-of-the-month bandwagon.

Even with that middleground, then no new apps mean steadily shrinking
market share.

Arne