[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[JF Mezei]

Neil Rieck wrote:

> I'm not sure who pays for the infrastructure costs at:
> http://www.openvmshobbyist.org


David Cathay from Montagar is the one that operates the hobbyist
programme and we should all be grateful for all that he has done.

I don't think he gets anything from HP. And with the change in staffing,
I am not even sure the folks in India know about it.

> because HP in in for some trouble when all us OpenVMS types retire.
> Why? Because the younger generation coming up behind us has never
> heard of OpenVMS which means that more of HP's market will wither on
> the vine. 

Why would that be a problem for HP ? In case you haven't yet accepted
it, HP has essentially already written off VMS. HP clearly doesn't see a
future for VMS and some VPs have already alluded to the fact that it is
an old operating system (now that it is more than 30 years old).

With Sun gone, HP has high hopes that it can retain a large percentage
of the remaining VMS customers when they realise there is no future for
VMS.  For most, the signs have been there and quire evident for some
time, but HP will need to ratchet up the font size to make the message
clearer for those few who still believe that HP has great plans for VMS.