[Info-vax] VMS on x86-64 timescales, was: Re: x86 Update 4/22/19

[Simon Clubley]

On 2019-04-28, Robert A. Brooks <FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com> wrote:
> On 4/28/2019 8:04 PM, David Turner wrote:
>> So
>> How long realistically would you say is it going to take to get a working 
>> version  of VMS on x86-64
>> Are we talking months or years?
>
> https://www.vmssoftware.com/pdfs/VSI_Roadmap_20190121.pdf
>
>  From the above link, you can see that the plan is to ship
>
> V9.0 X86_64 Early Adopters Kit in the 2nd quarter this year

We are one month into the second quarter which ends in 2 months from now.

Does anyone else seriously doubt that the above is going to happen,
given that we are only about to have first boot ?

My guess would be that this is probably at least 4-6 months away.

> V9.1 X86_64 Early Adopters kit in the last quarter of this year

Depending on the changes over V9.0, is that more likely to be
first quarter next year ?

> V9.2 X86_64 and IA64 0production in 2020.
>

That's possible, if you mean late 2020, but I doubt many will
use it in production for at least a year after that until the
initial teething issues have been worked out.

Simon.

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