[Info-vax] MQ

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2014-09-23 01:09:39 +0000, rat at bigpond.com said:

> Given all the changes and commitments, has anyone heard anything about 
> MQ? (for us poor bunnies stuck there)

Same answer as JF gets every time he raises the "Rdb?" question...

If you need a specific statement, consider contacting the vendor 
directly.   If past practices are any guidance, that direct vendor 
contact will be how some of the vendors judge interest when pondering 
whether to invest in the port, too.

Until VMS x64 is rather closer to release (~2018?), there's not a good 
basis nor a particular urgency for many of the third-party vendors to 
make commitments.

Until there is some sort of beta version available (e.g. what V8.0 and 
V8.1 were), there's nothing for anyone to look at or work on, and no 
details and no (public) understanding of what code changes are needed, 
for that matter.

Entirely hypothetical example: committing to port your large 
application to VMS x64 might be problematic if you have a Java 
dependency, and if (hypothetically!) there's no Java or if Java is 
going to be a late arrival, or you need to test your application with 
OpenJDK, or if you're handed Java 8 with the port and not the same 
version of Java that you were expecting, for instance.

We don't yet know what the VMS x64 product is officially named, for 
that matter.

The VSI folks also want and need a revenue stream, which means that 
they're going to want and need Poulson and (if and when it arrives) 
Kittson support available ahead of any x86-64 port.

The next crop of public statements from HP, VSI and VMS-related vendors 
will likely be at the boot camp next week, and more than a few of us 
will be interested in what's announced there, and what's not announced. 
 But for questions related to VMS x64 support, contact the vendor and 
ask them.  Most will probably not provide a commitment.  (Yet?)



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