From: gerard.calliet@pia-sofer.fr

Le 10/09/2025 à 00:50, Lawrence D’Oliveiro a écrit :
> On Tue, 9 Sep 2025 19:50:44 +0200, gcalliet wrote:
>
>> We thought the VMS market would at least remain the same, because of
>> the VSI announces... it is has been shrinking all these years.
>
> No big surprise. 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.

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? And why not?  At least in part because of the question
discussed here about the very long term issues with something thought of
as legacy.

I think not doing everything to have some story telling different from
bad the legacy story is one of the reason for shrinking.

Another issue is how you accompany someone who cannot go today into the
bright future offered with x86 (there can be a lot of reasons for that)
- today being our today or the today you think had to have been -. You
cannot only say "you'll have a future with x86". You have to understand
why this one is in his proper situation. And perhaps understanding this
not only helps getting him still with you, but also helps getting more
understanding about the market you want to address.

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