[Info-vax] How about RdB for x86 VMS?

[JF Mezei]

On 14-09-03 14:13, Stephen Hoffman wrote:

> I'd wager that VSI is negotiating, hiring, discussing, acquiring 
> equipment, getting their new building wired and connected and servers 
> powered up and booted, desks and chairs, bug-tracking systems, customer 
> relationship packages, license key generation and tracking, accounts 
> receivable and payable, and all the rest of the details.

Desks and chairs ?  If they hire younger millenials, isn't it more a
question if getting couches, climbing walls, ping pong tables and making
sure there are plenty of plugs along the walls and fridges stacked with
Red Bull and other "sports" drinks  ? :-) :-) :-)

In terms of systems, would it be realistic to expect them to simply take
over the same software that was used by VMS development when it was
within HP ? (in particular code management, build procedures, testing
scripts etc ?).

Wonder if they will split the code base, one for what remains of VMS in
India, and one that VSI will actively develop (and eventually push back
to HP with each new release), or whether they may work on an integrated
code base shared by both HP and VSI ?