[Info-vax] Quiet?

[Dave Froble]

On 4/4/2022 1:38 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-04-04, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 4/2/2022 10:32 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>
>>> There's nothing to stop them testing the production version for
>>> a year or so, until users trust it enough to start using it in
>>> production.
>>
>> Testing a year seems excessive and possible pointless as VSI
>> will undoubtedly release lots of patches during that year.
>>
>
> When you are talking about systems that allow your business to
> function, it's not something you decide to do within a couple of months.
>
> How long do you consider it acceptable to wait before you consider the
> production version of VMS ready to use in a live production environment ?
>
> Simon.
>
> PS: Those patches will be fixing all the problems everyone else
> found during that first year. :-)
>

So suppose one is installing a new software application for a customer.  How 
long might you suggest the customer wait before using the new application?

What is normally done, at least in my experience, is the system is tested with 
live data, and if everything works, then you turn it on for live operations.

Ok, the software application may have many users, and been rather thoroughly 
tested prior to the new customer getting it.  But that's similar to VMS V9.2. 
VSI is testing V9.1, and customers are also testing V9.1.

That mentioned, I may have mentioned in the past that I don't consider x86 VMS 
ready for use until native compilers are available.  So, we ain't there yet.

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