[Info-vax] Final Orace release on VMS.

[Chris Townley]

On 27/10/2020 18:40, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2020-10-27, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 10/27/2020 9:33 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> 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 ? :-(
>>
>> VSI can talk - they cannot force Oracle to listen.
>>
>> :-)
>>
>>> 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 ?
>>
>> Very different business context.
>>
> 
> Given the news now reported here that the client has also now been
> dropped, I wonder if Oracle are embarking on a period of product
> consolidation towards mainstream platforms only.
> 
> I wonder if VSI have talked to Oracle about continuing support for the
> client and if Oracle dropped support for it anyway.
> 
>> But long term VMS support is a relevant question for any VMS product.
>>
> 
> Yes it is, given the nature of the VMS world, and that makes it
> reasonable to ask if there are guarantees about continuing support
> for Rdb now that normal Oracle has been dropped on VMS.
> 
> Simon.
> 
I can understand dropping the server, but dropping the client amazes me, 
and strikes me as rather short-sighted.

If I was developing anything new on VMS with oracle, my first thought 
would be to host the DB on Linux, as my former company mostly did for a 
while.

Chris