[Info-vax] Final Orace release on VMS.

[Simon Clubley]

On 2020-10-26, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 10/26/2020 7:18 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>> We are writing to inform you that Oracle Database 11.2.0.4 will be the 
>> terminal Oracle Database release offered on the OpenVMS platform. MOS 
>> DOC ID 742060.1 has recently been updated to reflect this development.
>
> Not good.
>

I thought VSI were talking to Oracle to stop things like this from
happening ? :-(

Given that normal Oracle is now history on VMS, the question becomes
is anything negative going to happen to Rdb over the next 2-3 years ?

At the moment, for how many years in the future have Oracle _guaranteed_
that Rdb will be supported on VMS, including x86-64 ?

I would guess that a minimum of 5 years guaranteed support for Rdb at
an absolute minimum is going to be required in order for people to
continue being comfortable investing in Rdb based applications and
investing in buying new machines to support them.

Simon.

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