[Info-vax] Rdb/x86

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2020-11-13 kl. 20:22, skrev Simon Clubley:
> On 2020-11-13, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>> Den 2020-11-13 kl. 14:18, skrev Simon Clubley:
>>> On 2020-11-12, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>>>> Den 2020-11-12 kl. 19:22, skrev Simon Clubley:
>>>>> I've just checked VSI's website - there's nothing there that I can see
>>>>> and this is _major_ and _very_ good news for VMS on x86-64.
>>>>
>>>> Right, and I think that was commented on also.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's now the next day and still nothing on the VSI website that I can see.
>>>
>>> This is absolutely massive and excellent news for the future of VMS
>>> and by now every customer that VSI has the contact details for should
>>> have been told about it, especially the non-Rdb users. :-(
>>>
>>> This would send a major signal because VSI have managed to get _Oracle_
>>> to commit to Rdb on x86-64 and it would be a major confidence boost that
>>> x86-64 VMS is less likely to suddenly fail at the last moment.
>>>
>>> I hope any VSI employees reading this tell VSI marketing to get their
>>> act together _today_ (literally) and get this news out to everyone.
>>>
>>> This is really good news for building confidence in the future of VMS,
>>> but only if everyone knows about it.
>>>
>>> Simon.
>>>
>>
>> Cool down...
>>
>> What Kevin Duffy presented is probably what everyone already expected.
>> It is not a major surprice that Oracle are looking at Rdb/x86.
>> It would have been if they were *not* looking at Rdb/x86.
>>
> 
> Oracle just dropped "Oracle Classic" on VMS.
> 
> Expected (also known as "hoping") is not the same thing as knowing.
> 
>> And besides, "next day" after what? How do you know that a large part
>> of the VMS customers doesn't already knew this? How do you know that
>> this hasn't been presented in other events before? Just the fact that
>> something isn't mentioned on c.o.v does not mean that it doesn't exist...
>> And who are those "everyone" you speak for?
>>
> 
> The next day after this is known to the VMS community at large.


Why do you think that is the same as c.o.v?

> 
> When this was being discussed recently no-one could even confirm that
> Rdb was being ported to x86-64 and we didn't know if it was going to
> go the way of Oracle Classic.

I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I hadn't asked Oracle.

Can't bother to read the rest.