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| 1490.1 | | BRULE::MICKOL | If you think of losing, you've lost | Fri Jun 07 1991 15:03 | 6 |
| Sounds like you are talking about the Independent Software Vendor Group.
They have programs that put Digital hardware in the hands of software
developers for little or no cost. There is some ISVG hotline number, but I
don't have it handy...
Jim
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| 1490.2 | The old SWS/E org used to have a group looking at this, too, ... | YUPPIE::COLE | Proposal:Getting an edge in word-wise! | Fri Jun 07 1991 15:45 | 11 |
| ... and I knew one of the people in the group. He's not
there now, but maybe he can shed some light on the "path"!
Try contacting:
PHILLIP CUDIA
DTN: 521-4491 Intrnl Mail Addr: WRO1-2/D30 Location: WRO
Node: GRANMA
Org Unit: SALES SUPPORT
Good hunting!
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| 1490.3 | ISV phone number | AIMHI::MACPHEE | | Fri Jun 07 1991 17:14 | 4 |
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ISV hotline 800-DEC-ISVN
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| 1490.4 | A Name and a number . . . | CAPNET::CROWTHER | Maxine 276-8226 | Fri Jun 07 1991 17:32 | 1 |
| ...Or call/write Ellen Simarano @MRO DTN 297-3064.
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| 1490.5 | VMS .vs. Ultrix Machines
| SHRCAL::MORRILL | | Sat Jun 08 1991 12:37 | 10 |
| RE.0
If you are planning to go to standard ULTRIX (V4.2 is now available)
all you have to do is build a system disk...but as far as I know...
there is no "RISC" VMS.
Software available for RISC is RISC ULTRIX only.
I suggest you set up the ULTRIX on a Microvax...It is a piece of cake
to build the system disk/kernal with all the supported sets.
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| 1490.6 | check out VMS/POSIX.... | CANYON::LEEDS | Scuba dooba doo | Wed Jun 12 1991 19:05 | 19 |
| > If you are planning to go to standard ULTRIX (V4.2 is now available)
> all you have to do is build a system disk...but as far as I know...
> there is no "RISC" VMS.
I didn't see anything in .0 that requested a "RISC VMS" solution...
only that they wanted to port their code to VMS.
If you know who your local VMS Partner is (if not, send me mail and I
can find out - CANYON::LEEDS) you might want to talk to him/her and
investigate moving the code to POSIX which will provide a great deal
of portability and interoperability with U*X systems while allowing
you to run on VMS. The products are in Field Test, but they've all
been announced at DECUS and other places and LOTS of 3rd parties are
involved in porting their applications to VMS/POSIX. Real
availability will be later in the year, but it's a great opportunity
for 3rd parties to only have to support one version of their
application which will run on both VMS and U*X platforms.
Arlan - SWD VMS Partner
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| 1490.7 | But.. | FASDER::AHERB | Al is the *first* name | Wed Jun 12 1991 20:36 | 8 |
| ...as the author stated, his customer knows beans about VMS. Why
confuse him with "POSIX" or other wicked spells (PS: I know what POSIX
is).
To the original request for access to a RISC/Ultrix machine, the number
is 1-800-ISVN I think. Other options are to seek out an established
leasing agent for our RISC products and expense the cost (presuming
that you are going to generate revenue from this).
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| 1490.8 | | SMEGIT::ARNOLD | Some assembly required | Thu Jun 13 1991 16:45 | 15 |
| Thanks for the tips. I've located a VMS machine that is enroute to
them, and should also have a RISC machine to them by month's end. They
feel they can do the RISC ULTRIX port with no sweat, and said they
would "play" with VMS to see how difficult it might be.
As far as some of the groups mentioned in previous notes, I've
contacted those people, and find out that DEC will provide a machine
and tech help au gratis ... IF the company is willing to travel to a
specific DEC site to do it. For reasons outside the scope of this
discussion, that's not possible for them, but they would be willing to
pay for a VMS person to help them with the port, if we could provide
somebody familiar with Unix, VMS, and C.
Any takers?
Jon
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| 1490.9 | what he really wants.... | SWAM2::LEEDS_AR | | Fri Jun 28 1991 18:04 | 40 |
| re: .7
> ...as the author stated, his customer knows beans about VMS. Why
> confuse him with "POSIX" or other wicked spells (PS: I know what POSIX
> is).
>
Reread the base note and the title:
> "Help CSO port U* code to VMS?"
>
> 1. For good reasons, we would *also* like them to port their
> software to VMS
>
> The software house, while quite competent in the U* world, don't
> know beans about VMS.
>
> Is there a group within Digital (I had heard there was/is?) whose
> charter it is to help software houses port their applications/software
> to Digital operating systems, like VMS?
Sounds to me like what he's asking for is a way for non-VMS literate
programmers who have a lot of U*X code and experience to port their code to
VAX/VMS..... sounds tailor made for what POSIX is all about:
o Familiarity for U*X users and programmers
o VAX/VMS is the underlying O/S for richness of functionality
o Portable code so the ISV doesn't have to maintain multiple versions
etc....
I don't understand the "wicked spell" comment.... the customer has U*X code
that he WANTS to port to VMS (wouldn't it be nice if more customers wanted
to do that, maybe Digital wouldn't be facing "right-sizing" now)... why not
make it easy on him by providing him an environment on VMS that will seem
familiar to a U*X user, ie: POSIX ?? Unfortunately, VMS POSIX is still
in field test, so we can't say "DIGITAL has it now", but it would certainly
make sense to me to use it if the timing was right...
Arlan
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