[Info-vax] VSI has a new CEO

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/5/2021 4:09 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <sef7om$i74$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
> <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>>>>> Current customers presumably.  There are probably folks waiting in the
>>>>> wings, maybe until VMS runs on bare-metal x86, before they consider
>>>>> whether to port.
>>>>
>>>> VSI has said this will happen.
>>>
>>> Right.
>>>
>>>> So why would anyone wait?  For today,
>>>> VMS on x86 is the future.
>>>
>>> Right.  But if people want to port their application to bare-metal x86,
>>> few if any will start before that bare-metal x86 is available.
>>
>> Now that is just plain wrong.  VMS is VMS, regardless if running in a VM
>> instance, or not.  Actually, VM instances will be better for porting
>> work.  One doesn't need a production level computer to do porting work.
> 
> Sure, but do you expect people with no previous VM experience to learn
> about VMs just to port VMS so that they have a head start on the time
> when VMS doesn't need a VM on x86?

I don't see the big problem.

If we are talking about a corporate environment, then you request
the number of VM with given specs and the VMWare guru do the
work.

If we are talking about developer/hobbyist usage, then one
download some VM software, install it, start it, choose
create new VM, specify specs, save and start. It is really
no big deal, less than hour, anybody outside the "I can't find
the ANY key on the keyboard" segment can do it.

Arne