[Info-vax] Free Pascal for VMS ?

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2018-05-21 14:34:56 +0000, seasoned_geek said:

> Failing to publicly define the target market for this version of VMS as 
> I have stated time and again in this and other threads, but, people 
> read what they wish, that seems to be common in many walks of life. It 
> displays a massive amount of ignorance and a complete disrespect for 
> reality.

The target market for VSI OpenVMS for the foreseeable future is the 
OpenVMS installed base.   Past that, the target markets will shift into 
updates and products and qualifications for newer apps and newer 
deployments.  But that's all some years into the future, and only after 
VSI has a viable port to x86-64 and has acquired a stable base of 
OpenVMS customers and can begin to identify and support development 
efforts toward wholly-new apps and wholly-new deployments.

The easiest sale for VSI is the existing OpenVMS customer.  VSI doesn't 
yet have a compelling case for new deployments.  The x86-64 port is 
part of that.  There's far more work past the x86-64 port, and VSI will 
then be casting around for folks that are willing to pay for OpenVMS 
for ports of their own existing apps and for folks that are interested 
in using OpenVMS as the basis for new deployments.  But that whole 
target market for VSI?  For now, it's the installed base of OpenVMS 
users.

Where VSI goes with OpenVMS past that?   I'd tend to doubt that the 
folks at VSI have more than a few very general thoughts and some very 
rough ideas about that, as it's getting the installed base to buy VSI 
contracts and getting OpenVMS ported to x86-64 to be able to sustain 
those revenues past the end of HPE Integrity servers and Itanium 
processors.  And VSI is flat out busy with building their customer base 
and getting the x86-64 port out the door.

Because for now, it's all about the base.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk



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