[Info-vax] OpenVMS x86-64 and RDB and DB's in general on OpenVMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 6/30/2015 3:12 PM, JF Mezei wrote:
> On 15-06-30 09:08, clairgrant71 at gmail.com wrote:
>> Porting Oracle and Rdb to VMS are both huge, but very different, undertakings.
>
> On the one hand, one is told that for most ports, it is just a matter of
> recompiling.  (I realise there is the cost/trouble of testing/validating
> etc).

Changing the code is often just a small fraction of the total work for
a port.

Analysis before, test after, project management, documentation,
bringing marketing and sales up to speed etc. can be huge even
for a recompile.

Arne