[Info-vax] how many people are running X86 variant of OPenVMS in Production?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-09-29, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 9/29/2023 8:38 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 8:53:13?PM UTC-4, David Turner wrote:
>>>> How many people are running X86 variant of OpenVMS in Production?
>>>> That is on the virtual machine....
>>>> Just want to see when I should retire....
>> 
>> As of today, that number should be zero as x86-64 VMS is nowhere near
>> ready for running the mission-critical workloads that VMS is used for.
>
> VMS x86-64 so far seems very stable.
>
> The vast majority of bug reports relates to the native compilers and
> they are technically still in field test I believe.
>

The job/pension question also kicks in, as in manager to minion:

"Why should I risk my job/pension replacing our existing systems with
something that isn't even finished yet ??? What possible reason could
I have for authorising its purchase today instead of in a couple of
years when it is finished and it has had a chance to prove itself ?"

Unless you are in a desperate need for some specific reason, and hence
are willing to take the risk, I can't see an answer to the above that
will satisfy a manager which isn't emotionally involved in the VMS world.

Simon.

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