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

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2021-01-29 kl. 14:30, skrev Simon Clubley:
> 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.

What is "public nowledge"? That some techie from Oracle says something
at a Rdb (or if it was a VMS) update day?

It is still not a commitment, as I read it.

> 
> 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.

Maybe it was news but probably not that surprising.

> 
> Ignoring the fact that it should have been old news to _everyone_ in
> the VMS community, then the moment Oracle made a public statement,

What is a "public statement"? Some information about the porting
efforts (if I remember correctly), yes. But that is not a commitment.

> 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, but was happy recently to publish
> a partnership with a vendor where part of that (according to the vendor)
> is helping to move people away from Rdb.

Yes, that was bad timing (and maybe bad wording also). If you plan to
stay on VMS, and already are using Rdb, I see little reason to port away
from Rdb. That will probably only have negative results in most cases.
But each have there own situation and requirements to concider.