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

[David Froble]

JF Mezei wrote:
> On 14-09-04 23:04, David Froble wrote:
> 
>> Don't know why anyone is worrying about dates.  IA-64 will be around 
>> more than long enough.
> 
> But you aren't going to get any new customers for VMS until it is on
> x86.  It is silly for a shop to decide to move to VMS now. It is an
> antique abandonned operating system (with hope of revival) on a dead
> hardware platform.
> 
> Until VMS is on x86 and we see a roadmap with faster pace of development
> once the engineers are unleashed, it will not be a marketable product
> outside the installed base.

I'm going to bet my special "betting dollar" on this.  My bet is that 
initially the VSI plan is looking pretty much only at the existing 
customers.  Perhaps there are more than you allow for?

Really, is anything else reasonable?  I think not.  It's hard enough to 
sell to new customers when you have a product ready.  With no product, 
it would be unreasonable.

Crawl, then walk, then run ....

The crawl hasn't even started yet.  Give the youngster a chance.