[Info-vax] Happy new Year !

[JF Mezei]

Michael Kraemer wrote:

> On a related issue:
> HP's pages
> http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/vax/
> tell us that VAX/VMS support will be guaranteed through 2010.
> 2010 is here, so by year end VAX support would be dead?


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HP is positioning its support structure to continue to offer OpenVMS VAX
support at least through the year 2010.
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The word "at least" is important here.



Not sure how accurate the text in the source is but:

   <meta name="Keywords" content="vax, microvax, dec, digital, mvax" >

   <meta name="Description" content="System and support information for
retired VAX and MicroVAX systems." >
   <meta name ="date" content="2003-03-19">


However, going to the equivalent page at HP:

http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/vax/?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

yields the same date on the content field.


It is not clear whether this reflects 2003 thinking or if it reflects
2009 post-India thinking.

Since there is no longer any development for VAX-VMS, it isn't clear
whether India needs to be involved with VAX-VMS, or if perhaps there
isn't just a small group left in the USA to provide telephone support to
the VAX-VMS support cash cow.