Re: [MLUG] advice on hiring consultants?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Chris Wolfe wrote:

> Couldn't help but respond to the baiting :D... VMS is not dying any time
> soon, as they're porting it to the Itanium platform (the Alpha line of
> processors will be phased out).  HP's committed to it, but you know how
> things change in the IT world.  Maybe the servers could use a memory or
> CPU upgrade.  Your admins should be able to get system stats and have HP
> support help them with tuning, they could even do that in the meantime.
>
> Hopefully whomever you get as consultants will at least suggest it.

I'm not in a mad rush to get rid of VMS, but I do wonder why we should
want to continue with it.  HP was planning to phase it out, but now they
say they are committed to continuing it -- too many complaints, I guess.
The big problem for me is that VMS is, as Jon said, "basically dead" --
there is almost no development ongoing for VMS.  While Linux and other
Unix OSs are thriving.  VMS is stagnant.

Another problem with VMS is that it is tied to a platform.  Maybe moving
VMS to Itanium will help its future growth, but I think it's a bit late
for that.  Most people moved away from VMS years ago and do not want to go
back.


> Got to say that I was a happy camper when we moved file sharing and
> email off our VMS servers.  Let them do the heavy lifting.

Our VMS servers are getting pretty old.  They were expensive when they
were purchased but they can't be worth much now.  Why should we upgrade
them?  It seems to me that most people will be fine with Linux.  The
advantages of VMS are few, but they do exist.

Mike
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