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

[Dave Froble]

On 4/29/2019 9:46 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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 ?

It would not surprise me if this slipped some.  However, if the current 
issues are resolved, it's possible that no additional issues will arise.

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

Not a bad guess.

>> 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.

How else does one work out initial teething issues other than to use the 
product?  It's not something that just happens over time.

My plan is to do some serious testing as soon as possible.  Yeah, fine, 
plan all I want.  I know that the real testing happens when you actually 
attempt to use the product.  At least it's always happened that way in 
the past.


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