[Info-vax] BASIC compiler in the hobbyist distribution

[David Froble]

seasoned_geek wrote:
> On Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 1:50:52 PM UTC-5, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 
>> That was my point.  Is Solaris even relevant in today's IT world?
>> If I were VSI I would not waste time trying to determine how to
>> "compete" with Solaris.  And AIX while still doing OK is really a
>> very niche product and probably not really a competitor anymore.
>>
> 
> Actually worth it, more so than chasing the "free" market at this point. The people in those particular niches, particularly AIX and AS/400, have real business needs and have been able to justify spending of significant cash to service those needs.
> 
> The "free" market has a habit of not paying anyone. I mean they think it is ok to have servers which have 4 hour outages each year, so, how is one going to sell them something which runs 24x7 for decades without down time?
> 
> A much easier sell to tell the AIX and AS/400 crowd, hey, your boxes were supposed to kill the VAX, it is still here. We have 24x7 up-time measured in decades with ongoing development and you're looking at End Of Life for your current platform, here is how you port...

I'm thinking that VSI knows who their customers are.  Check the map  :-)

Their best bet is to service their customers.  A really bad bet would be 
to go after IBM, again, which is part of how we got to where we are now.