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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/29/2021 8:30 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-01-28, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> The problem is still that VSI can't commit to anything on behalf
>> of Oracle - and the people in Oracle that can formally commit
>> for Oracle are probably not that interested in VMS.
>>
> 
> I was referring to the point several months ago when it became public
> knowledge that Rdb was been ported to x86-64 VMS.
> 
> Don't forget that was major news to a number of people here who until
> then only suspected that it was "probably" been ported to x86-64 VMS
> but there was no public confirmation.
> 
> Ignoring the fact that it should have been old news to _everyone_ in
> the VMS community, then the moment Oracle made a public statement, VSI
> should have been pushing that in public as a confidence booster to
> everyone in the VMS community, including those who will never use Rdb.
 >
 > Instead VSI said nothing in public,

As far as  I know then Oracle has not made a formal public
statement about Rdb on VMS x86-64.

The team doing the porting has told about their work.

Two very different things.

If Oracle made a formal public announcement, then VSI could
make an announcement as well.

But VSI can not make an announcement about what some
Oracle developers have said. That would not be appropriate.

Arne