Re: VMS is being ported to Itanium - but will there be any support when it arrives
From: David J. Dachtera (djesys.nospam_at_fsi.net)
Date: 09/07/03
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Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 21:16:54 -0500
John Travell wrote:
>
> "Rob Lyons" <rob.lyons@resilientsys.com> wrote in message
> news:bj8ob6$2ji$1@bob.news.rcn.net...
> >
> > Duncan Macdonald <duncan@macdonald.compulink.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:memo.20030904212235.1004A@macdonald.compulink.co.uk...
> > > If a reference in the Inquirer
> (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11369) is
> > > correct then HP is laying off so many of its tech support staff that by
> the
> > > time OpenVMS Itanium is a full commercial grade product, there may be no
> demand
> > > for it as the required support level will not be available.
> > >
> > > (This is not a dig at OpenVMS engineering who seem to be doing their
> usual
> > > superb job but a reflection on the fact that you need a good customer
> tech
> > > support staff if you want people to buy the system)
> >
> > That perspective neglects to take into account that many of us former
> > DEC employees are still in the business of supporting VMS systems
> > and are gearing up to support Alpha to Itanium migrations.
> >
>
> True, but we are a distributed bunch.
> Do we need an 'umbrella' organisation to grab the public attention ?
> We could all contract our services to that entity and act as local or
> specialist support resources to satisfy the customer demand. If we all
> contributed to the pot, a major publicity campaign could become affordable.
Someone else posted recently that DSPP(?) sales requirements had gone
beyond the reasonably expectable scope of today's VMS business, except
for the Cerners, Sunquests, etc. of the world. I personally don't see
how shrinking a market can make it more profitable, but hey - what do I
know?
Perhaps a consolidation of the small resellers, VARs, etc. into a larger
entity would be beneficial. Perhaps a limited partnership or some other
suitable organization type would bring the collective sales volume back
up to the point where that obstacle becomes a non-issue.
The resulting entity might even have the muscle to do what hp won't:
advertise VMS! Seems a shame that we'd have to drag them to bank,
kicking and screaming all the way, to deposit their profits, but some
folks wouldn't know a "golden eggs goose" if it jumped up and bit their
nose off!
Whaddaya think?
-- David J. Dachtera dba DJE Systems http://www.djesys.com/ Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/
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