From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 3/26/2025 2:43 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > On 2025-03-25, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   >> It sounds like the delay of Rdb is pushing some customers   
   >> to go elsewhere.   
   >   
   > What is the current release schedule ? Have they been able to say   
   > what the problems with completing the port might be ?   
      
   I think the thread "New VSI post on Youtube" from mid August   
   has all the latest.   
      
   >>    
   >> Porting Privileged Code Applications and Device Drivers to x86, Camiel   
   >> Vanderhoeven   
   >>   
   >> Almost all user application code should just "compile, link and run"   
   >> when migrating from OpenVMS on Alpha or Integrity to OpenVMS on x86.   
   >> However, if you're porting a program that uses privileged code or a   
   >> device driver, there is a good chance that you will have to make some   
   >> changes to your code. This session will explore what to look out for in   
   >> your code, and how to adapt your code to run on x86.   
   >>    
   >>   
   >> That must be the hard core stuff!   
   >   
   > Not really as it sounds like incremental changes stuff.   
   >   
   > Hard core would be implementing a rmmod that works on VMS. :-)   
   >   
   > (Or implementing support for plug-in filesystems... :-) )   
      
   Greedy.   
      
   Arne   
      
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