VMS/Rdb to UNIX/Oracle (classic)

[Read, Ged]

Hi JWP,

There are potential customers and this is one of the reasons for moving to
UNIX/Oracle (classic), since they already have other systems and want ours
on the same platform. But a bespoke system which takes approx' 7 years to
complete (with more development pending) might take some time to convert.

I agree with all your comments and these ideas are being, or have been
tried. I can only wait and see what happens.

Please, NT!! Our users would like a stable, fast system that can be
monitored properly so problems can be resolved quickly. NT v Open VMS - no
match.

Ged


-----Original Message-----
From: Pickering, John (NORBORD) [mailto:PICKERIJ@norbord.com]
Sent: 20 April 2000 17:06
To: 'Read, Ged'; 'Robert J.M. Edis'; 'PowerH-L'
Subject: RE: VMS/Rdb to UNIX/Oracle (classic)



>The usual story, a bean counter (accountant) for an IT director,
>big ideas about selling an in house system. The other problem
>is the ambiguous messages from Oracle regarding Rdb (great
>product), they talk a good fight but...

If you truly have an in-house system which could be sold to others then I
can understand the desire to have it on a lowest common denominator platform
like U*x and Orakill. But why not first offer the VMS version to the
marketplace to see if there is any interest? How about getting the first U*x
customer to help pay for the port to his desired environment? It will be a
very expensive exercise if you port it and nobody wants it! You most
certainly will NOT save any of your own money. And unless it's really a pig
which requires big hardware then I'd look at NT first - much bigger
potential customer base.

Regards,
JWP
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