[Info-vax] Final Orace release on VMS.

[Dave Froble]

On 11/13/2020 12:09 PM, Marc Van Dyck wrote:

> I'm one of them. Without the Oracle Client, OpenVMS where I work
> is dead. Fortunately I'll be retired before that. But VSI can write
> off 25 systems that will never be migrated to X86.
>

Is this worth a discussion?  If so, perhaps a new "subject"?

Not about the issue directly, but I do have some questions/curiosity.

I'm assuming you're using the Oracle client on VMS.  Is this correct?

If so, then there is non-VMS in use, most likely heavy usage, and I'd 
wonder why VMS is still in use at all?  Perhaps there is some app(s) on 
VMS that it is hard or impossible to implement/easily find on non-VMS?

For some reason you're still running some apps on VMS.  Why?

Then the questions turn to, what is more essential, those apps on VMS, 
or continuing to use Oracle Classic client?

I'd also expect that there might be political issues, on both sides, 
such as some people who demand to use Oracle Classic, and those who 
demand to continue using the apps on VMS.

My perceptions for some time now have been that if someone is still 
using VMS, considering all the recent (20 yrs) of struggle to use VMS, 
then there is some really strong reason to have done so.  And if that is 
so, then it's going to be no easier to move to something else now than 
it's been over the last 20 or so years.

As I may have mentioned, I'm curious, as to how others are approaching 
such difficult issues.  Other than the "I'll be retired" option of 
course.  And regardless, it will be someone's problem, regardless.

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