[Info-vax] Off-Topic: UNISYS problems

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 11/10/22 19:16, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 11/10/2022 7:10 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> Longstanding Unisys users are unlikely to port to VSI OpenVMS, given 
>> the longstanding path from UNIVAC and EXEC-8 and follow-ons including 
>> ClearPath Dorado to the newer ClearPath IX and x86-64, and—if not 
>> following the Unisys path—given the plethora of platforms with COBOL 
>> and Fortran support. As for relative company sizes, Unisys 2021 
>> revenues were past two billion, seemingly slightly more than what VSI 
>> has accrued. Slight difference, there.
> 
> It may not be an easy sell.
> 
> But it is the type of customers that VSI wants.
> 
> Customers that are willing to pay for OS.
> 
> Not customers that want free OS.
> 
>>                                And when last I checked, VSI didn't 
>> have native COBOL or Fortran compilers available for x86-64 as yet.
> 
> That is supposedly close.
> 

Well, if the time came about before my passing I expect I would be
an excellent resource for the move.  :-)
And I would really enjoy that kind of work with both COBOL and Fortran.

bill