From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:57:33 +0200, gcalliet wrote:   
      
   > Le 10/09/2025 à 00:50, Lawrence D’Oliveiro a écrit :   
   >>   
   >> The x86-64 port just took too long. It should have   
   >> been done a few years quicker, using the sort of shortcut we have   
   >> discussed before.   
   >>   
   > I'm not sure the most simple answers can do.   
      
   My idea was to shortcut the process by abandoning the idea of a full port   
   of VMS to x86-64. Instead, concentrate on the part of it that the vast   
   majority of (remaining) customers cared about: userland programs and DCL   
   scripts. To handle those, you could implement an API emulation layer on   
   top of an existing suitably versatile OS kernel -- like Linux.   
      
   > Sure it has been very difficult because of the too long time for x86.   
   > Imagine VSI have had the x86 sooner, and have made the same as today "we   
   > want everyone to go to x86". Do you really think it had reduced the   
   > shrinking?   
      
   Yes. Because the number of customers has been decreasing over time, so the   
   sooner you could offer them a new product, the greater the chances of   
   success. Simple arithmetic.   
      
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