Nigel Weeks wrote:

> Just wondering how hard it would be to (re)port Firebird to OpenVMS on
> Alpha(not VAX)?
>
> We've got three twin-processor AlphaServer's, each with 1GB of ram, doing
> nothing.
> Anyone got ideas on which compilers are still freely available?
>
> Please tell me if it's a complete waste of time, as they'd make great beer
> fridges! ;-)

I'd look into beer. The VMS port hasn't compiled for a decade, I
suspect. Immediately after Firebird started a couple of groups tried to
build it, got discouraged, and quit.

Regards,


Ann