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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-01-28, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 1/28/2021 10:44 AM, Richard Murphy wrote:
>> 
>> Those actively migrating to Postgres are clearly skeptical about a committed
>> port of Rdb for x86.
>

[snip]

>
> 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??
>

Well Jan-Erik or someone else has not posted a message-of-doom saying
that the port of Rdb to x86-64 VMS has been cancelled so I assume that
is still going ahead.

So that leaves the obvious question, did the people who decided to move
away from Rdb even know about the port of Rdb to x86-64 VMS ?

If they eventually found out about it, was it too late to change course
because they had now committed to moving off Rdb (and maybe away from VMS) ?

Has the lack of _public_ announcements from VSI given those customers
the wrong impression about how likely it is Rdb is coming to x86-64 VMS ?
Judging from the comments here, Rdb on x86-64 VMS is a really big deal
and VSI's public announcements should have reflected that.

_This_ is exactly why VSI should be having major marketing campaigns to
let everyone know as soon as possible that things like this have been
committed to and to build an aura of confidence that these plans will
turn into tangible products their potential customers can rely on.

It was absolutely pathetic that VSI couldn't even put an announcement
on their front page and in their news section about Oracle committing
to Rdb on x86-64 VMS.

How many potential VSI customers, even now, don't even know about the
plans for Rdb on x86-64 VMS ?

Yes, I know, it's annoying when I turn out to be right, but there's a
reason why I keep saying the things I do. There's no point in doing a
port unless you _tell_ _EVERYONE_ _about_ _it_ so they can plan ahead. :-( :-(

When the VMS port to Itanium was announced, everyone knew exactly what
was going on with Rdb very early on and there was a really good reason
for that.

How many potential customers have VSI lost because of poor marketing ?

Simon.

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