[Info-vax] VSI has a new CEO

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <segm8i$tkm$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
<arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 

> 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.

That assumes that one has and maintains non-VMS systems.