[Info-vax] Comment on the future of OpenVMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

JF Mezei wrote:
> If you are B, and you don't like A, and you know that C will be killing
> A, it is to your advantage to publically be nice to A. This way, when C
> kills A, you don't get blamed for A's death.
> 
> Translation: If Oracle knows that HP is letting go of VMS, it can afford
> to appear to publically support VMS since it will help its image and
> cost it nothing, while HP will be blamed for VMS' death.

And?

Nobody believe that HP will announce the end of VMS withing the next few
years, so HP will not tell Oracle that they will do so. Making the
analysis basicly an "if(false) then".

Arne