[Info-vax] MQ (again) and Alpha to Integrity Migration Job opening.

[David Froble]

Hollywood wrote:
> We use MQSeries on pretty much every platform it is available on, so
> losing it for OpenVMS is a real drag, we would need some way of
> interfacing back into MQSeries, we are sending and receiving millions
> of transactions a day via MQ.
> 
> As you can probably tell, we are not early adopters :-)  Also I
> believe there is a gap between Alpha OpenVMS support EOL 2016 and the
> VSI port to X86 in 2017 ?

I'm not too sure how this would be accepted, but, if I was in this 
situation, I'd go to IBM and ask for some help.

1) With the advent of VSI, perhaps consider continuing to support the 
product on VMS.

2) Ask for sources so that you can support yourself after 2016.  You 
might mention that support fees until that date are contingent upon you 
getting the capability of supporting yourself.

I've got to wonder what type of commitments IBM made when initially 
selling the product and support?  Lawyers could always argue that they 
should offer you self support in the event they (IBM) stop offering it.

I'd also wonder how many VMS users have this problem.  Perhaps a unified 
approach to IBM would be helpful.  A unified self support system should 
also keep costs down.