[Info-vax] Message from HP.

["Gérard Calliet (pia-sofer)"]

Le 20/12/2013 13:20, Jan-Erik Soderholm a écrit :
> We want to update You on a recent positive development in our on-going
> OpenVMS roadmap process.
>
> In order to provide additional time to take the next step in Your
> OpenVMS environment, we have moved the Support dates forward as
> follows:
>
> •OpenVMS/Integrity  8.4 SS to 2020
> •OpenVMS/Integrity  8.4 MPS w/o SE from 2020 to 2025
> •OpenVMS/Integrity  8.3 PVS w/o SE to 2018
> •OpenVMS/Alpha      8.4 SS (?) to 2016, MPS w/o SE to 2018
> •OpenVMS/Alpha      8.3 PVS w/o SE to 2016, MPS w/o SE to 2018
> •OpenVMS/Alpha      7.3 PVS w/o SE to 2016, MPS w/o SE to 2018
> •OpenVMS/Alpha      6.2 PVS w/o SE to 2016, MPS w/o SE to 2018
>
> SS: "Standard Support".
> PVS w/o SE: "Prior Version Support without Sustaining Engineering"
> MPS w/o SE: "Mature Product Support without Sustaining Engineering"
Big effort. Five more years of cash-cow support (without sustaining 
engineering).
HP is really listening to its customers.

Is it worth it to pay MPS support for a company ? What about using this 
money to choose another OS and doing the port (with perhaps another 
company ?).