[Info-vax] Oracle to buy HP ????

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <4e880ad5$0$3984$c3e8da3$b23f186d at news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes: 

> Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
> 
> > If Rdb customers are forced to leave Itanium with no other platform for
> > VMS and Rdb in sight, then they very likely will not choose anything
> > from HP or Oracle as their next platform: 
> 
> 1- The bet is likely that RDB customers will continue to pay for support
> of the existing (last) version of RDB for VMS for many years 

As long as it meets their needs.

> and if they
> are still oon VMS it is liekly that their applications are mature/stable
> and wull run for many years unchanged.

Where in the world did you get that idea?  That might apply to folks on
VAX, who mostly don't want a new version of VMS etc since what they do
is very VAX-dependent (otherwise they wouldn't be on VAX anymore), but
definitely, by no stretch of the imagination, does it apply to all Rdb
customers.  There are Rdb customers constantly
changing/expanding/upgrading their applications.  The time might come 
when Rdb doesn't support something that they need.  VMS = mature/stable 
applications?  Sounds like marketing spin by the competition.

> Whether this perceptio represents vast majority of reality or just a
> small portion, I don't know.

Then don't speculate.

> > They'll probably go to commodity hardware, Linux and MySQL or whatever. 
> 
> At the end of the day, accountants tend to be less emotional and may
> override a "no Oracle" desire if Oracle provides a cheaper porting solution.

Actually, it will probably be the accountants who suggest the commodity 
route.