[Info-vax] open source OpenVMS (Re: Oracle-RDB seminar notes)

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <5159a03c$0$26875$e4fe514c at dreader37.news.xs4all.nl>, MG
<marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> writes: 

> On 1-apr-2013 9:37, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
> > Well, my boss features in an article somewhere on the HP website,
> > so it's no secret.  We moved to Itanium years ago.  Demands (i.e.
> > customer wants fast results) continue to increase, and Itanium
> > gives more power with lower costs (power, maintenance, maybe
> > licenses though I suspect the last is a small cost compared to
> > support costs) with a more-or-less compile-and-go port (i.e.
> > still use VMS).
> 
> Any hands-on experience with VMS I64?  Because you, for some
> reason, never gave me that impression.  (At least, most of
> your posts here seem to be about the Alphas in your personal
> collection.)

That's because here in comp.os.vms I am wearing my hobbyist hat.  For
problems at work there is a support contract.  :-)  At work, I have
never actually seen the Itanium systems we use; hardware isn't part of
my job.  Neither are upgrades, patches etc.  I do mostly application
support (mostly stuff with Rdb).