Re: Third Party Applications

On 11/27/2024 8:14 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:

On 2024-11-26, Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

On 11/26/2024 8:23 PM, bill wrote:

I frequently still glance thru my copies of the PDP-11 and VAX
Software Sourcebooks.  Are there still people offering software
for VMS or is it pretty much all in-house developed applications?

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Yes.
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Some of the more well known names are:
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Oracle - Rdb

 What is the status of this for x86-64 VMS ?

We are still waiting for the x86-64 version.

Mimer - Mimer SQL
Synergex - DBL

 Last time I saw this being discussed, that had not happened yet for x86-64
and it was unclear if it will.

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 > Has there been a further update since then ?
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 > There's nothing other than Alpha/IA64 on https://www.synergex.com/platforms/
I have not heard anything new on that.
So they may fall off the list in 10 years. Or they may not.
I read Bill's question is being for today.

Broadcom (CA) - management stuff
SoftwareAG (ConnX) - connectivity
GrayMatter - print
Process - networking
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VSI has a list of partners:
    https://vmssoftware.com/about/partners/

The list is obvious much much shorter than the list from the
mid 80's. Probably like 1-2%.

 As high as that ? Would it be more accurate to say that value is still
too high by an order of magnitude ?

I believe the 80's list for VMS was around 10000 titles.
100-200 today seems more likely to me than 10-20 today.
There are more than 20 ISV's on the VSI list.
Arne