[Info-vax] RDB Question

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/2/18 6:51 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2018-12-03 kl. 00:41, skrev Bill Gunshannon:
>> On 12/2/18 6:37 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>> Den 2018-12-03 kl. 00:04, skrev Bill Gunshannon:
>>>> On 12/2/18 2:51 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>>>> Den 2018-12-02 kl. 19:09, skrev Bill Gunshannon:
>>>>>
>>>>>> And that bodes well for the VMS customer base how?  Considering that
>>>>>> what we are hearing is that Oracle is planning on dropping VMS 
>>>>>> support.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have any current reference for that? Appart from the Oracle/HP
>>>>> battle some years ago.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But if Oracle plans to drop VMS support...
>>>>>
>>>>> Again, do you have any source for any such "plans"?
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess that if Microsoft plans to drop Windows support, there would
>>>>> be a number of issues for desktop/office users. But are they?
>>>>>
>>>>> If the sky starts dropping down on our heads, a lot of people would
>>>>> have some issues. But is it?
>>>>
>>>> I thought this thread just began with the statement that Oracle
>>>> was dropping VMS support.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Then quote that post/statement!
>>>
>>
>> I did.
>>
>> bill
>>
> 
> You can't, since there wasn't ever any such post. There was a question
> raised from Richard about a hypothetical circumstance. But that can
> be done about anything. And there will always be those grasping
> for it and trying to read something in it that just isn’t there.
> 
> This is what Richard wrote:
> 
> "Good to have if Oracle abandons VMS..."
> 
> https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/if
> https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hypothetical
> 
> Or do show what quote you meant, if not the one from Richard above.
> 
OK, you win. I interpreted it different than you did.
To me, because I know he is more involved in VMS than
I am I just took it to mean he had heard something I
had not.

bill