[Info-vax] Moving away from OpenVMS

[John Smith (who cares if I'm the one @ HP - if here's even still there)]

"JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote in message 
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> Eric Smith wrote:
>
>> Since this is a niche community, I'm appealing to anyone in the know
>> to find out who specialises in COBOL system migrations, specifically
>> *from* OpenVMS, to any modern platform (interpretation: Windows or
>> Linux)?  I'm looking for someone to come in and do the whole job and
>> leave us with a system that behaves just as it did before.
>
>
> If you have a lot of software on your VMS system, a move to Unix will
> require a lot of work. You need to consider for instance what happens if
> your Cobol uses indexed files and how you will provide that capability
> on Unix.
>
> You need to make a list of all VMS dependencies that you have, and then
> take a look at alternative systems and middleware for the best 
> replacement.
>
> You need to make a policy decision of whether you are to go for open
> sourced OS (less likely to be killed by the whims of one or more CEOs)
> or whether you would accept going to a proprietary UNIX such as AIX
> which might provide better mapping of VMS functionality.

No he doesn't.
He wants somebody to come in and do it, and he appears to have an unlimited 
bank account to do so.