[Info-vax] Message from HP.

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

"Gérard Calliet (pia-sofer)" wrote 2013-12-08 23:12:
> Le 08/12/2013 18:26, johnson.eric at gmail.com a écrit :
>> Perhaps HP would better connect their VMS clients to firms like Sector7
>> or Transoft. But even then, its just an introduction. It's not a
>> migration. And those migrations can take years.
> They already are doing that, in UK, France and Sweeden.
>
> Their talk is : "we want to help you for the transition". In Europe they
> try to create a sort of network of consultants (with HP on the top of it).
>
> And in the official talks they laud Non-Stop, Non-Stop and Non-Stop again :
> I think in a sort of wishfull-thinking, they imagine VMS customers wil go
> to Non-Stop.

That might be right for some applications. In the case with my customer
it will probably be built on some MES system from the market that will
be installed and adapted to the customers specific needs. Some parts
might be "moved up" into their ERP system. Some other parts mnight
be "moved down" into some solution using PLCs out "on the floor".

MES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_execution_system

Jan-Erik.




>
> I agree about what you said : however it is years of work for some sites,
> with huge functional risks. And the point is : for the site that are now on
> VMS, except some lazzy ones, they have very good and specific needs, which
> legacy translators, even the best, like transoft or sector7, are not able
> to address.
>
> Don't forget here it is also a serie of scientific issues :
> translatability, knowledge transfert, conservation of sla over
> translations, ratio and function of human resources in the high hability
> systems...
>
> All these scientific issues are relative new issues, because the event of
> knowing of specifics needs for mission critical is knew, alltogether with
> translation for mission critical systems. For now firms like Sector7 or
> Transoft have solutions for the easiest cases, and had not be choosed for
> now for difficult cases... because their solutions are not sufficient.
>
> I think one of the best argument to have poulson for VMS is saying : "ok
> we'll go out from VMS, but we need at least 10 years with the best itanium
> around for us, and a big support for transition".