[Info-vax] VMS Software Q1 '23 Update

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-01-24, Ian Miller <gxys at uk2.net> wrote:
>
> webinar is now available https://vmssoftware.com/about/webinars/

Some interesting stuff in the attached PDF at:

https://vmssoftware.com/docs/2022_accomplishments_webinar_20230110.pdf

|Any news on an Ada compiler for OpenVMS x86?
|
|We have no plans to provide an Ada compiler due to insufficient customer
|demand.

Another year to wait for RDB (Q1, 2024).

There are no longer any current plans for bare metal support:

|Need specs for an x86 system to run VMS directly without a hypervisor.
|
|We have currently allocated all R&D resources to the development of OpenVMS
|running on virtualized environments to meet most customer needs and
|requirements. There are no specific plans to support bare metal, but customer
|requests will be carefully considered. Please contact us with your specific needs.

Efforts to expand the VMS userbase have been abandoned:

|Are there any sales efforts for OpenVMS to take back industry market share
|from other operating systems that later "replaced" VMS? Or bid on new
|industrial projects that would run on VMS?
|
|Our primary objective is to provide current OpenVMS users with the
|opportunity to protect their investments in OpenVMS-based applications
|without a technical deadline.

In reality, I suppose this is just confirming what everyone in their
heart really knew (even if some were not willing to admit it. :-))

This one got my attention big time. I thought this was a current project:

|What position does PostgreSQL have on the list of opensource software?
|
|We have no plans to port PostgreSQL to OpenVMS.

Huh ?

Simon.

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