[Info-vax] VMS Software needs to port VAX DIBOL to OpenVMS X86 platform

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/15/2020 8:45 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2020-12-14, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 12/14/2020 2:08 PM, ultr... at gmail.com wrote:
>>> So Synergex as of now refuses to port their OpenVMS version of DIBOL to OpenVMS X86.
>>
>> That is not good.
> 
> It's more like a disaster if this is also happening with other ISVs.

Yes.

> VSI have just lost a good number of VMS users with this one decision.

Not sure how popular Dibol/VMS is today (the Synergex decision somehow
hint at it not being huge), but there are some customers.

And VMS can ill afford to loose customers.

:-(

> What I would like to know is how the hell did VSI allow this to happen ???

VSI cannot force Synergex to support VMS x86-64. If they won't then VSI
cannot do much.

> Synergex is _exactly_ the kind of company VSI should have been in continuous
> and close contact with and VSI should have been working closely with them
> to help port Synergy to x86-64 VMS.

I would assume they have.

But sometimes companies make strategic decisions.

> VSI should have also been making all the right public marketing and update
> noises to reassure Synergex (and other companies) that x86-64 VMS was
> happening and that it was going to be a viable platform.

That VSI is working on VMS x86-64 and how far they are is pretty widely
known in VMS world.

There must be people in Synergex knowing current state.

It seems not to have been enough to make a good business
case for Synergex management.

Arne