[Info-vax] Moving away from OpenVMS

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

JF Mezei wrote 2012-05-16 13:07:
> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>
>> Have you actualy talked to HP ?
>
> Not ever VMS shop is large enough...

"our large business-critical application currently running
on OpenVMS (IA64)" sounds large enough.

> to be fortunate enough to have the privilege of having a contact within
> HP.
>

You do not need luck and it's not an privilege, of course.

> And HP has been closing a lot of local offices in recent years as well,
> so having contacts at HP is even harder.

When was the last time *you* contacted HP on some VMS issue !?

The whole IT business has closed "local offices" the last 10-20 years.
So what ? Anyway, it's up to you, Eric, to listen to JF or not.