[Info-vax] VMS porting (again), was: Re: CPython has removed OpenVMS support

["Gérard Calliet (pia-sofer)"]

Le 24/12/2013 23:52, JF Mezei a écrit :
> On 13-12-24 17:21, "Gérard Calliet (pia-sofer)" wrote:
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>> But I go on thinking the noport on Poulson is a bug. Not a big bug, just
>> some insignificant mistake on a negligible sector.
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> My thinking is that Hurd's breaking up of VMS engineering made it
> impossible to do the port to Poulson because there just wasn't enough
> expertise left within the group of undefined size in India that replaced
> VMS engineering.
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Another fact about India : the rushed VMS EOL announce involve that the 
better Indian engineers desert VMS. The "no future" for them is clearer 
and nearer.

It involves it is not so sure "VMS Support" will realy exists. I think 
the only meaning for paying VMS support in this context is companies 
policies for certification, insurance, legal issues.