[Info-vax] [From VSI website] VSI Announces a Strategic Partnership with Sector 7

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/25/2021 1:33 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-01-25, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> Most likely this announcement has nothing to do with the
>> Oracle DB (Oracle Classic) issue.
> 
> I'm reacting (strongly) to the fact that they claim VSI have partnered
> with them to port Rdb users to Postgres(and elsewhere) and I'm asking
> if that's a typo for Oracle Classic.

It seems very unlikely to be a typo.

It explicit mentions SQLMOD to be converted and as far as I know that
it only available in Rdb not in Oracle DB (Oracle Classic).

> If they move people off Rdb to a Linux-based database, then why should
> those same people stay with VMS for the rest of their application ?

The text explicit mentions hosting on VMS as an option.

But it is not clear what database that would be.

Something is not adding up.

> VSI never said anything on their website about Oracle porting Rdb to
> x86-64 VMS but have now made an announcement about a new partner and
> the partner claims that part of this is to help customers move off Rdb.
> 
> Are VSI trying to go out of business ???

Well - something is not optimal here from VMS communication perspective.

Arne