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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/28/2021 10:44 AM, Richard Murphy wrote:
>> I know that, but the text said:
>>
>> "Postgres or Oracle databases hosted on VMS or Linux servers"
> 
> ^ That's badly worded!  The option for Postgres is only for Linux.
> 
> i.e. The options are:
> - Rdb, migrate database to Postgres on Linux
>     - Application can stay on VMS using the VSI Postgres Client (fastest solution)
>     - or Application can migrate to Linux (obviously takes longer).
> 
> - Rdb, migrate database to Oracle Classic hosted on Linux or VMS
>     - but Oracle Classic for VMS is going away, no one would do this now
> 
> - Oracle Classic, migrate database to Postgres on Linux
>     - Application can stay on VMS using the VSI Postgres Client (fastest solution)
>     - or Application can migrate to Linux (obviously takes longer).
> 
> There is not a version of Postgres database server for OpenVMS and I believe there cannot ever be due to some Postgres internals complexities.
> 
> Hope this clarifies.
> 
> Those actively migrating to Postgres are clearly skeptical about a committed port of Rdb for x86.

So the real message are:

Oracle DB (Oracle Classic) users should migrate to PostgreSQL/Linux.

Rdb users that do not have faith in the x86-64 port should migrate to 
PostgreSQL/Linux.

The first sort of make sense. They need to change database due
to Oracle's decision to ditch Oracle DB on VMS. PostgreSQL is
quite popular and more Oracle compatible than f.ex. MySQL.

But the second worries me a bit. Why would people not have
faith in the Rdb x86-64 port? Does somebody know something
we don't know??

Arne