From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
      
   On 2025-08-07, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   > On 8/7/2025 11:15 AM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:   
   > #Oracle quote:   
   >>                                                          Our assumption   
   >> has been that all our customers will want to make the move since Itanium   
   >> is at end-of-life but maybe that is not the case.   
   >   
   > Rdb on Itanium is a dead end. Hardware will eventually fail due to age.   
   > There are no Itanium emulators.   
   >   
      
   There are no full-system emulators for Itanium. There are CPU-only   
   emulators (such as Ski) but they are of no use here.   
      
   > So either they migrate to Rdb on x86-64 or they migrate to   
   > another database.   
   >   
   > Rdb on Alpha has a better chance due to the existence of   
   > Alpha emulators.   
   >   
      
   I wonder if an upgrade from Itanium back to Alpha might be a possibility   
   for these people.   
      
   I am seriously surprised that VSI have not already repeated this   
   announcement on their general announcements mailing list so that   
   anyone with _any_ possible interest in VMS is make aware of it. :-(   
      
   Is there anyone home at VSI ?   
      
   BTW, I wonder what that number in the original posting would have   
   looked like even a couple of years ago. It _may_ be the case that   
   most people may have already been forced against their will to move   
   off VMS because staying on VMS was considered to be an unacceptable   
   business risk (at least to their auditors and senior management).   
      
   Simon.   
      
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