[Info-vax] VMS Software Releases Roadmap Updates

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 9/27/21 1:53 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-09-27, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 9/27/2021 12:23 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>
>>> Looks as if x86 will be useless, for me, for more than a year ..
>>
>> 9.2 are expected out in April and are considered production ready.
>> So only a half year.
>>
> 
> It was originally due out at the end of this year however.
> 
> In addition, I suspect that some people will need to see at least one
> point release after that before they will consider running it in
> production.
> 
>> *IF* you are willing to cross compile your Basic code on Itanium.
>>
>> But I fear that at least some people will question the "production
>> ready" status when native compilers are not available. That is
>> not a real issue (it is common for some types of system to
>> use cross compile), but it could very well be a perceived like
>> that.
>>
> 
> Not everyone will have an Itanium system. Some people are still
> on Alpha.

And what is the likelihood that a potential new customer would buy
an Itanium just to be able to use an x86/64?

> 
> It's a pity there's no such thing as an Itanium full-system emulator
> as one solution could have been to give everyone who buys a x86-64
> VMS system a temporary Itanium licence with a two-year expiry period.
>

bill