[Info-vax] Gartner report on VMS future.

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In article <6a5dfce0-88ff-4f86-894a-56eb5da1c094 at p23g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, Neil Rieck <n.rieck at sympatico.ca> writes:
>On Sep 15, 7:05=A0am, Jan-Erik S=F6derholm <jan-erik.soderh... at telia.com>
>wrote:
>> Just FYI.
>> The main focus in this (rahter short) Gartner report is on
>> "Alpha migration", but VMS is of course mentioned.
>>
>> Anyone on Sujatha's mail-list should have got a message
>> with the link, but I guess it's OK to post if here also...
>>
>> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/gartner_report.html
>
>I received the email too and was shocked to see that HP was referring
>the reader to a Gartner Report advocating a move away from OpenVMS.
>See the section titled "I want to migrate completely away from
>OpenVMS" where they include a list of vendors who are willing to
>help.
>
>As an aside, two of the vendors (Transoft and Sector 7) call me
>monthly to inform me that OpenVMS is dead and that I should consider
>buying their porting services

Sector 7 has been in business for over a decade, IIRC, touting their
migration services because VMS is/was dying next week.

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