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

[Craig A. Berry]

On 12/15/20 7:45 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.
> 
> VSI have just lost a good number of VMS users with this one decision.

If in fact there has been any decision.  As recently as May they were
still soliciting input from customers and waiting (like the rest of us)
for VSI to get far enough along with the port that it would even be
possible to investigate porting Synergy:

<https://www.synergex.com/blog/category/openvms/>

The blog author invites people to contact him directly if they have
interest in seeing Synergy on OpenVMS x86.