[Info-vax] VMS Software Q1 '23 Update

[Craig A. Berry]

On 2/3/23 12:34 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 2/3/2023 12:54 PM, John Dallman wrote:
>> In article <trj153$1epoa$1 at dont-email.me>, arne at vajhoej.dk (Arne Vajhøj)
>> wrote:
>>> Either "enterprise database on OpenVMS" means "PostgreSQL client on
>>> OpenVMS accessing PostgreSQL server on Linux" or he believes
>>> PostgreSQL server on VMS will show up.
>>
>> It is possible for organisations other than VSI to port software.
> 
> That is in theory a possibility as well.
> 
> I am very skeptical about that being the case here.
> 
> I cannot see the PostgreSQL open source community
> spend time on a VMS port.
> 
> The VMS port depend on the SSIO thing that VSI will
> need to provide.

I believe VSI has already provided that.  EDB seems to focus on
migrating people from Oracle to PostgreSQL and claims to offer an
"Oracle-compatible" version of PostgreSQL.  The relatively small number
of people running Oracle Classic on VMS who are currently up a creek
might be an interesting market for a smaller company even though they
aren't interesting to Oracle. Jan Karremans, according to his LinkedIn
profile, is a member of the OpenVMS Community there, so he's at least
heard of it.