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

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2021-01-26 kl. 01:09, skrev Dave Froble:
> On 1/25/2021 6:47 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>> Den 2021-01-25 kl. 22:45, skrev Dave Froble:
>>> On 1/25/2021 1:49 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> On 2021-01-25, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>>>> 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).
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just trying to keep all possibilities open. Why would VSI work with them
>>>> to move Rdb customers when there's a confirmed port of Rdb to x86-64
>>>> VMS ?
>>>
>>> There is the rather high cost of Rdb licenses ....
>>>
>>> For some, Jan-Erik has pointed out that it's not even pocket change
>>> for his customer.
>>>
>>
>> Have I said that? The Oracle Rdb licenses (well, support contract) yearly
>> cost is equivalent with the value of products packed from the packing
>> stations supported by this system in less than 2 minutes.
>>
>> I do not think that is a particularly high cost.
>>
> 
> Yep, that's pretty much what I remember you writing, and for your customer, 
> it is not a high cost.
> 
> But it can be a problem in other environments.
> 

Sure. If you do not need Rdb and what it gives you, don't use it. As has
been demonstrated here, there are simpler tools that can be used too.