[Info-vax] Rdb/x86

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rpjjfe$m0n$2 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
<clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 

> > But what exactly do you want VSI to say?
> 
> I want VSI to tell _everyone_ about the latest Oracle briefing on
> Rdb for x86-64 VMS and to sell it as proof that major things are
> finally happening in the x86-64 VMS world and that important
> vendors are committing to x86-64 VMS and hence helping to keep the
> platform viable for everyone, even for those who do not use the
> vendor's products.

Why should someone who is interested in other products care about Rdb?
A commitment to Rdb does not imply a commitment to a web browser, for 
example.  :-)  And those interested in Rdb have known it for years.

> Even HP/HPE was better than this in times gone past. Remember the
> disaster-proof video from a decade ago ? How much exposure do you
> think that one video gave to VMS for the following few years ?

How many sales were the result of that video?