Re: No more Oracle Standard Edition for VMS

hpuxrac wrote:
> > I wouldn't be surprised is OpenVMS is going to be a desupported
> > platform soon.

> Before you guess why don't you find someone reliable in oracle and ask?

At the time Palmer was actively trying to kill VMS, Digital was offficially denying such strategy.
At the time Compaq was actively putting forth commitments for Alpha, they were negitiating with Intel to kill Alpha.

There is no way that you will get any strategic information from HO or Oracle on the true intentions for Oracle on VMS.

As long as HP refuses to announce the port of VMS to a secure and long term platform (8086), there remains doubts on the long term viability of VMS. And as long as there are doubts, it prevents growth and also dissuades ISVs from making commitments.

In the specific case of Oracle, there have been many commitments in the past. And one by one, they fade away. (where are the Oracle apps ?). And where is the HP funding to ensure Oracle remains available on VMS ? They sure sent a lot of money to Oracle to ensure Oracle continued to exist on HP-UX.

The only way to trust Oracle or any ISV is to put VMS on a growth patform, have HP actively market VMS to show the world that VMS has a growing future and thus make it easy for ISVs to commit financial resources to VMS. Received on Wed Aug 23 2006 - 19:03:43 CDT