[Info-vax] Latest Hobbyist license with VSI 8.4-2 problem

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <p3ql36$n4o$1 at panix2.panix.com>, kludge at panix.com (Scott
Dorsey) writes: 

> >On the other hand, hobbyist users can find bugs which enterprise users 
> >can't or won't, especially if they have access to patches.  This is 
> >essentially free field- and beta-testing for VSI.
> 
> This is true but... do we really want to spend _any_ effort into updates
> and upgrades for the Itanium version of anything?  

No, but we want to move to x86.  VSI has said that it will be 
clusterable with 8.4 Alpha, but perhaps only with a VSI 8.4 Alpha.  
Presumably the same for Itanium.  For those with a cluster, migration 
via a rolling hardware upgrade is by far the best option.

> I can see a reason for people keeping a vax today... I can see a reason for
> people keeping an Alpha today... but I have a hard time finding any good
> reason to keep an Itanium machine around once an x86 port becomes available.

True; I need a VSI hobby license for Alpha, at least if I have to run a 
VSI version of VMS in order to cluster with x86.

> Spend effort on that, not on the Itanium.

Yes, but also on Alpha, to enable people to get to x86 faster.