[Info-vax] The real problem that needs solving to grow VMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11/15/2022 11:01 AM, Robert Carleton wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 7:13:03 PM UTC-5, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 11/1/2022 3:48 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>> In article <tjrs45$erh$1... at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
>> Customers aren't moving to x86, yet, because there are no native compilers.
>> Most will not choose cross compilers. At least that is my opinion.
> 
> Once the native compilers are available for x86, maybe VSI could try to go after the AI crowd.

That does not sound attractive to me.

AI is depending on:
* low cost systems, read: no money to pay for OS, which makes
   it not interesting for VSI
* high-end GPU's or even custom HW, which is not supported by VMS

Arne