[Info-vax] RDB Question

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/2/18 2:46 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <g6ile5FhnofU1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon
> <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> But if Oracle plans to drop VMS support wouldn't you think that
>> businesses like that will be looking for a replacement with a
>> future sooner rather than later?  Banks tend to be very conservative
>> and very risk aware.
> 
> Depends on the bank.  :-)
> 
> The Rdb guys have always said that if VMS runs on x86, Rdb would as
> well.  I think that Oracle dropping VMS (and hence Rdb) would be sort of
> like HP dropping VMS: VSI would hire the old guys and it would continue
> much as before.  :-)
> 

Except that oracle has to be willing to release RdB to VSI
and I certainly can't see a business argument for that, quite
the opposite actually.

bill