[Info-vax] OpenVMS in a virtual machine?

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <0012f48c$0$8941$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>,
	JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER wrote:
> 
>> No. Fieldtest for VMS 8.4 was recently delayed until end of year (!), so
>> I don't expect to see a final V8.4 before 2010H1. So much for the promise
>> of 12-18mon between every major VMS version (IIRC Nemo was mid 2006)...
> 
> 
> That is most interesting. I suspect this is due to various changes going
> on within HP and not to 8.4 not being complete.

And, as far as the perception of the IT Industry, does the reason
really matter?  Or will they just see it as another legacy product
not receiving the attention or resources it needs to stay on schedule?

bill

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