[Info-vax] Happy new Year !

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 03-01-2010 01:20, Richard Maher wrote:
> "Arne Vajhøj"<arne at vajhoej.dk>  wrote in message
> news:4b3d5ecb$0$279$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk...
>> On 31-12-2009 05:28, H Vlems wrote:
>>> JF, I'm afraid that the next decade will see the end of a truly great
>>> Operating System.
>>> The optimism generated by the port of VMS to Itanium, early 2003 is,
>>> for me at least, completely gone.
>>> If somebody would want an answer to the question "Name an extremely
>>> reliable platform for a mission critical application"
>>> then I would no longer dare to suggest VMS.
>>> I understand the need for standardization, just trying to figure out
>>> what kind of memory fits in a certain VAX or Alpha is a RPITA at
>>> times.
>>> However if standardization also means being stripped of high quality
>>> solutions then it is not for me.
>>
>> I think there is every reason to believe that the decline
>> in the number of VMS systems will continue in the next decade.
>>
>> In 2020 there will be few left.
>>
>> Sad, but realistic.
>
> That's as maybe; one thing's for sure, and that's the fact that no one needs
> a crystal ball to predict that from here till then (day-in, day-fucking-out)
> there will be not shortage of white-ants in this group gleefully heralding
> the demise of VMS :-(
>
> How inconsolable some must be that VMS is still here in 2010, or are they
> all in denial that those of us here with long memories have had to endure
> their apocalyptic perditions for over 10 years now?
>
> As one (of many) VMSer who has had to turn his hand to Linux/Windows to
> secure any sort of an IT future, I simply cannot understand how VMS's
> stengths can go unwitnessed even by those that should no better.

The decline in VMS usage will not stop just because we pretend that
it does not happen.

There are many reasons why it is as it is. The market changed.

Arne