[Info-vax] Porting to Linux instead of x86-64 VMS, was: Re: 3rd party SATA SSD usage on RX2660+P400 in a production environment?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2019-07-05, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>
> Much of the rest of the materials are selectively (and somewhat 
> unfortunately) only distributed to existing, paying customers.
>

Depending on the material, that's potentially a really big mistake IMHO.

Making that material available might be enough to turn someone actively
considering to keep using VMS into an actual VSI customer if it helps
build up a pattern of confidence that VSI is suitable for that customer's
requirements.

> Yes, all you brilliant VSI folks that post and that discuss OpenVMS 
> with folks outside VSI, you *are* in VSI marketing.  Each and every one 
> of you.
>

Yes. Any discussions help to build a picture that there is activity
still going on in the VMS world.

Simon.

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