[Info-vax] Final Orace release on VMS.

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rok0n3$1v8s$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
<arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 

> VSI want to (and many hear agree with them) focus on servers.

But even so, Oracle Classic seems to be a non-starter.  The fraction of 
people using it on VMS is very low anyway, and was never high, and VMS 
types certainly prefer Rdb.  Oracle Classic on VMS is a niche market and 
I can't see any new customers coming to VMS because of that.  At best 
one could keep the few existing ones, at enormous cost. 

As for web browsers, what is the difference between a server and a 
workstation, these days?  Servers no longer have 20 serial ports.  The 
on-chip graphics is probably better than a graphics card on VAX, Alpha, 
or Itanium, and would be sufficient for 99% of users.