[Info-vax] Comment on the future of OpenVMS

[JF Mezei]

Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:

> Now, since VMS development hasn't been outsourced, this is of no
> particual relevance. Now, if the VMS development realy had been
> outsourced, I'd been a bit more concerned.

You are correct in stating that HP has not outsourced to a different
outside firm. But internally, VMS was outsourced.


I say this because it appears that VMS development was shifted to a
dfferent branch in the corporate hiearchy. I never did find out the
complete line of reporting between Livermore and Sujatha. But it does
not go through Finck who was in charge of business critical systems.

It is also not clear who makes decisions for VMS. Does BCS decide what
features are needed, and then "hires" the Indian outfit to implement and
negotiate the budgets for it ?  If so, then this is very much like
outsourcing.

If the whole decision process for VMS was shifted to the indian outfit,
them VMS would no longer be part of BCS. If there is a sale of VMS
licence, to whom are the revenues attributes ? BCS ? Or the indian outfit ?

Is BCS now just hardware with all software/OS having been shifted to a
different hiearchy within HP ?