[Info-vax] Rdb/x86

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rprht8$l0c$2 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
<clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 

> It is the job of VSI marketing to convince the end-user organisations
> that staying the course with VSI, for however long it takes for x86-64
> VMS to become available, is the safest option for the end-user organisation
> (and for the manager's company pension!).

Yes.

> So far, VSI marketing don't appear to be doing a very good job of that
> (to put it mildly).

Maybe.

> >> There's a reason why DEC spent the time maintaining the old application
> >> source books. This stuff matters. Big time.
> >
> > And what happened to DEC?
> 
> For a time, they were the second most powerful computer company around.

Right.  And why did they disappear?  Not because they were off the 
radar.  They went out of fashion, like sideburns and flared trousers.  
Not all decisions are rational.

> >> That information only became available in public very recently and is
> >> still not on the VSI website that I can see.

Whatever the details of the news (or not) itself, the question remains 
how large an effect a big announcement would have.