[Info-vax] Final Orace release on VMS.
Simon Clubley
clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Tue Oct 27 15:00:07 EDT 2020
On 2020-10-27, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
> On 2020-10-27, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>> Den 2020-10-27 kl. 17:13, skrev Shael Richmond:
>>>
>>> I verified with Oracle - this applies to both the client and the database on OpenVMS. 11.2.0.4 is certified to connect to 19c databases but may not connect to anything newer.
>>>
>>> This was a bit of a surprise because I thought the 12c migration was pretty far along.
>>>
>>> No port of any kind for x86 OpenVMS.
>>>
>
> So no Ada users for x86-64 VMS and now no Oracle users other than Rdb either.
>
> I think it's now reasonable to ask if Rdb will still be available for
> x86-64 VMS in 5 years from now.
>
> Given previous comments about how many people still use Rdb, I would
> hope that VSI have got a clear agreement from Oracle to continue Rdb
> support on VMS for a number of years. I couldn't see anything on their
> website however.
>
Just to make this more clear, what I am asking here is if Oracle have
legally committed to port Rdb to x86-64 VMS and to support it on
x86-64 VMS for their normal full 5 years of mainstream support.
Having Rdb on Itanium is not much good if everyone wants to move
to x86-64 VMS.
Simon.
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