[Info-vax] VMS Software Q1 '23 Update

[jimc...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 11:53:29 AM UTC-8, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> Hasn't it been informally known for a decade and formally known 
> for years that VSI focus was to get the existing VMS customers 
> from Alpha and Itanium to x86-64 and that new customers are 
> future after that? 

For some time, VSI made bold public statements about VMS being a competitive replacement for other platforms, usually based on some 1980s-era marketing language around being more secure and stable

It would seem they are now being more realistic, or at least postponing that talk until they're finished bringing x86-64 to at least early-2000s Alpha parity

> Ask them again in 2028 and they may have a different answer. 

The amount of technical debt to be completed in order to expand their market share will only grow in the intervening years between now and 2028