[Info-vax] Current VMS Usage Survey (google translate)

[JF Mezei]

On 13-12-05 03:58, "Gérard Calliet (pia-sofer)" wrote:

> But HP does believe it : we can sell to our customers easy "transition 
> solutions". There are around meetings or mailing organized by HP which 
> introduces us actors in the domain of port (transoft, sector7,...). All 
> of these speaking a not-so-bad VMS langage (better than my english), but 
> not-so-good either.

Nop. HP's strategy is and has always been clear:  keep BCS customers on
as long as possible to continue to get support revenues. This is why HP
never admitted to end of life for Itanium or VMS.

And now that end of life of VMS is basically announced, HP isn't going
to start helping VMS customer migrate quickly because that makes the
loss of that customer quicker. So HP will remain mum, as it has been all
those years.

It is up to customers to wake up, smell the coffee and take action
(migrate to non HP ecosystem).

Relying on proprietary OS means you are at the whim of whatever CEO is
at head of the owning company. He can decide to kill the OS any day if
that quarter's financials don't look good and he needs to provide some
news, any news, to Wall Street Casino Analysts.

Relying on open source OS means that there is nobody to actially make a
decision to kill the OS, which makes that platform more reliable in
terms of longevity.