[Info-vax] Final Orace release on VMS.

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 10/27/20 3:57 PM, Chris Townley wrote:
> 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.

Short-sighted on who's part?  I expect they do not have much faith in
the long term continued existence of VMS.

bill