[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Winston19842005]

On 8/11/12 3:01 PM, in article
5026abee$0$44357$c3e8da3$f017e9df at news.astraweb.com, "JF Mezei"
<jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote:

> Paul Sture wrote:
> 
>> As it happens I don't depend on VMS for my livelihood any more, but for
>> the others who do, have you considered that you are actively trying to
>> wreck the last few years of their working lives?
> 
> Are you saying that VMS supporters should hide the evidence and tell
> their bosses that VMS and IS64 are still a safe platform with long
> future and is still actively devloppped with all sort so new features
> planned for it ?
> 
> 
> When bosses find out that those pro-VMS guys had their heads in the sand
> and that VMS is soon to be in maintenance mode and IA64 EOLed, those
> pro-VMS guys may lose their jobs because they did not warn their bosses
> of the impending need to change.
> 
> While VMS systems will likely run well into the 2020s on old hardware,
> any shop that needs a VMS OS that evolves will start to feel the pinch
> soon since there are no significant changes to VMS in the roadmap anymore.
> 
> Those who rely on VMS for their jobs are better off telling their
> superiors that VMS has a finite lifetime and get employer paid training
> on Linux or whatever to help with the multi year transition.

Its been my experience that if you only have experience on X and need paid
training on Y, and you've been there a few years (meaning you make more $$$
than an entry level person), you are sent packing. There is no loyalty to
company employees. They'd rather hire grads from the local tech schools.

So the best thing is to upgrade your skillset so that you are already
prepared. As for how this fits in with this topic, ISTM that if a shop has
stayed with VMS this long, they have already stayed longer than most.