[Info-vax] Final Oracle release on VMS.

[John Dallman]

In article <rn9pj4$4j2$2 at dont-email.me>,
clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley) wrote:

> 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.

Oracle are fairly aggressive about pruning platforms. They seem to be
giving up on Solaris, and I expect dropping VMS is part of the "At last
we can get rid of Itanium!" process they've been planning for years.
They'll have seen VMS as part of HP's Itanium portfolio for a long time,
and have been locked into supporting Itanium against their will since
2012. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Corporation#HP_and_Oracle_lawsuit

I seriously doubt they are bothered about VMS on x86-64 at present. If it
becomes a significant market success, they'll be able to support it. 

John