[Info-vax] VMS Software Q1 '23 Update

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/3/2023 2:00 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> 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.

EDB provides support for PostgreSQL, enterprise tooling for PostgreSQL
etc. and is *the* company in the PostgreSQL commercial support market.
The biggest criticism of them is that they are expensive. I believe
they have around 1200 employees.

And they are HQed in MA so close to VSI.

Certainly relevant company.

I am still skeptical about them doing a port independently of VSI.

Arne