[Info-vax] RDB Question

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/2/18 7:28 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/2/2018 5:49 PM, Richard Maher wrote:
>> On 2/12/2018 3:16 pm, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>> In article <ptvknm$2qf$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
>>> <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>>>
>>>>> Good to have if Oracle abandons VMS but that would be enough to kill
>>>>> VMS
>>>>> on its own.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like another who doesn't get out much.
>>>>
>>>> Richard, do you think everyone using VMS also uses Oracle?
>>>
>>> If we are talking about Oracle Rdb, then a large fraction of VMS users
>>> use it.  I don't know how large.  In terms of the fraction of revenue
>>> generated for VMS, Rdb users are probably quite important.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I was talking about both.
> 
> If Oracle starts bending over customers and BF them for no good reason, 
> all of their customers will wonder who's next, and start looking for 
> alternatives.  Wouldn't you?

I doubt the users of Oracle Classic even know of the existence of RdB
or that they would care what happened to it.

bill