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

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <fb1e6fae-e72b-431f-b3dc-d9c5d13bfeccn at googlegroups.com>,
Steve Ives <steve.ives at gmail.com> writes: 

> On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 11:08:18 AM UTC-8, ultr... at gmail.com wrote:
> > So Synergex as of now refuses to port their OpenVMS version of DIBOL to 
> > OpenVMS X86. 
> > 
> > This is a request for VMS software to port VAX DIBOL to the x86 OpenVMS 
> > environment. 
> > 
> > I have started a project using DIBOL and need to implement it on the x86 
> > platform.
> 
> Just a quick note to point out that the content of this post is inaccurate.

I know almost nothing about DIBOL and so have just been skimming the 
posts in this thread.  However, even to me it was clear that THE 
DECISION HAD NOT BEEN MADE, i.e. there was no "refusal to port the 
product" or whatever.

> My name is Steve Ives, and I work for Synergex as the Synergy/DE Product 
> Manager. We are indeed currently reviewing whether to port Synergy/DE to 
> OpenVMS on x86, but no decision has yet been made. 

Sounds pretty official to me.

> Unfortunately, at the current time, there appears to be very little demand. 

That's the way the cookie crumbles.  If you really, really need a 
product which requires significant effort, but the total revenue from 
all customers is not enough to do so, then tough luck.

> I would also like to point out that we are, of course, in contact with VSI,
> at the highest possible levels and that we value the ongoing relationship 
> that we have shared since the launch of their company back in 2014.

Sounds pretty official to me.