Re: Does Oracle and OpenVMS VAX have a future???

From: Mike Towery <towerym_at_worldnet.att.net>
Date: 1997/05/13
Message-ID: <01bc5f47$eee17140$05044f0c@towerym-home>#1/1

I went to the same conference. The general opinion was that RDB and VMS were not platforms of the future. Although, I did not here anyone from Oracle directly say this.

Douglas Scott <dsscott_at_gte.net> wrote in article <5kljdd$knc$1_at_news10.gte.net>...
>
> My DBA just got back from IOUW in Dallas and most of the people he
> talked to did not see much of a future for OpenVMS VAX and Oracle. I
> know that it took Oracle quite a long time to upgrade the RDBMS to 7.3
> and 8.x is coming out soon. I would like to know if other people think
> that Oracle on OpenVMS VAX is a dead end platform.
> --
>
> Douglas Scott
> dsscott_at_gte.net
>
> Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit
> there. -- Will Rogers
>
Received on Tue May 13 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT