[Info-vax] Rdb/x86

[Simon Clubley]

On 2020-11-27, Hans Bachner <hans at bachner.priv.at> wrote:
> Simon Clubley schrieb am 27.11.2020 um 19:52:
>> 
>> Most certainly not old news.
>> 
>> Even if the engineers were saying that (and I didn't see any mention
>> of that), you cannot trust what they said until their management made
>> a decision.
>
> It is old news.
>
> If you followed Oracle's OpenVMS Update Sessions (covering both Rdb and 
> Oracle Server on OpenVMS), Kevin Duffy always mentioned the close 
> relationship with VSI and Oracle's efforts for the port to x86. Of 
> course, without a (rudimentary working) OpenVMS implementation on x86, 
> these efforts were limited.
>
> VSI always contributed presentations to Oracle's OpenVMS Update Sessions.
>
>> [...]
>

That makes it old news for those few in the know. It doesn't make it old
news for the rest of the VMS community. Just look at how many people
here considered it news that a port of Rdb to x86-64 VMS was confirmed
when Jan-Erik posted this information.

We've moved on from the days of secret decoder rings to get access to
the hidden knowledge. Given VSI's current position in the marketplace,
this information should be broadcast loud and wide to everyone who will
listen.

VSI is acting like it's still the DEC of the 1980s when bits of information
were released on DEC's terms at places like DECUS. DEC could get away with
that in the 1980s because it was the Apple of the day and because they were
large enough and powerful enough that they could do that.

Those days are long gone and VSI need to change their approach and start
doing marketing the way it is done these days if it wants to survive in
the longer term.

Simon.

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