From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 7/10/2025 2:59 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > Also, I am not convinced that saying "OpenVMS V9.2-3 is available and   
   > running on over 200 servers worldwide and the Cloud." on their homepage   
   > gives the message you expect it to. If that's true, then the VMS user base   
   > appears to have finally undergone a massive reduction.   
      
   Note that the VMS user base consist of:   
      
   x86-64 running VSI VMS 9.2-3   
   x86-64 running VSI VMS older 9.x   
   Itanium running VSI VMS 8.4-2Lx   
   Alpha running VSI VMS 8.4-2Lx   
   Itanium running HP VMS 8.x   
   Alpha running HP/CPQ/DEC VMS 6.x-8.x (I assume noone run 1.x)   
   VAX running CPQ/DEC VMS 4.x-7.x (I assume noone run 1.x-3.x)   
      
   Likely a lot VMS customers are testing VMS x86-64 but production   
   has not yet been moved from Alpha/Itanium to x86-64.   
      
   So the number of VMS 9.2-3 systems is far less than the   
   number of VMS systems in total.   
      
   But still 200 sounds very low.   
      
   I believe 9.2-3 was GA 20-Nov-2024.   
      
   Per archive.org the 200 number showed up between 3-Jan-2025   
   and 20-Jan-2025.   
      
   Assuming the number is correct when written, then 200 after   
   like one work month (I am deducting a little for Christmas   
   vacation) is too low. It is less than 2500 per year.   
      
   VSI need upgrade rate to accelerate! But VMS users can be   
   a little slow to upgrade.   
      
   And without any discussion then the number should be updated on   
   the web page - either with a current number or removed.   
      
   Arne   
      
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