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

[Chris Townley]

On 29/09/2023 18:57, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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.
> 

Simon, do you ever have anything positive to say about VMS?

-- 
Chris