[Info-vax] VMS Software Q1 '23 Update

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/24/2023 6:27 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 1/24/23 12:17 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> |What position does PostgreSQL have on the list of opensource software?
>> |
>> |We have no plans to port PostgreSQL to OpenVMS.
> 
> That is bizarre.  It's already _been_ ported for Integrity and has been
> available since 10 December 2021 as a download from the VSI portal.
> It's hard to imagine what an x86 build would require that's different
> from an IA64 build.

PostgreSQL Client (libpq) is available for both Alpha and Itanium:
    https://vmssoftware.com/products/libpq/

There has been a lot of talk about PostgreSQL server for VMS and
the associated changes to IO. But I have not seen a formal
announcement of a finished product being available.

>                       I wonder if Oracle told them no Rdb unless they
> quash the port of PostgreSQL to OpenVMS x86.

I don't see much point for Oracle to do so.

PostgreSQL is not "Rdb compatible" in any way.

The two groups:
- existing Rdb users that will migrate to PostgreSQL on VMS
   if it exist but stay on Rdb if it does not exist
- new users that will pick PostgreSQL on VMS if it exist
   and Rdb if it does not exist
must be extremely small.

Arne