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

[ultr...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 11:17:35 AM UTC-5, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 12/15/20 7:45 AM, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> > On 2020-12-14, Arne Vajhøj <ar... 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.

they sent out a letter stating that as of may 2020 they have not committed to porting yet.
Here it is:
"Your decision-making process should take into account that Synergex has not yet committed to porting OpenVMS Synergy to the x86 platform. That decision has both technical and commercial aspects." 

AND I WAS JUST LITERALLY ON THEIR ONLINE CONFERENCE JUST MOMENTS AGO AND THEY ARE HEAVILY PUSHING AN EMULATION PACKAGE. THEY SAID THE PORT WOULD NOT BE AS EASY 
AS JUST A RECOMPILE. THEY HAVE NOT COMMITTED TO THE PORT YET.