[Info-vax] Layered products, the HP view !?!

[clairgrant71 at gmail.com]

On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 11:39:19 AM UTC-4, johnwa... at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> On Wednesday, 17 June 2015 15:35:27 UTC+1, Robert A. Brooks  wrote:
> > On 6/17/2015 8:02 AM, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> > > Simon Clubley skrev den 2015-06-17 13:00:
> >   
> > >> This is obviously not an issue for x86-64 where new products will have
> > >> to be bought anyway...
> > >
> > > Maybe wait until we know if you actually have to *buy* new kits... :-)
> >   
> > For IA64, if you want the VSI-branded version of the operating system
> > or layered product, you will have to purchase a VSI license (can be purchased
> > from HP or directly from us), discounted heavily off the "list price" for
> > license trade-ins for existing customers.
> > 
> > This is not exactly new information.
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> >                        -- Rob
> 
> It may not be new information, but has anyone documented this stuff
> anywhere, in a simple comprehensible way which will be helpful to
> prospective customers (including customers in areas where VSI are
> not directly represented)?
> 
> I mean, reading here about the internals of PCSI vs VMSINSTAL has
> its attractions for some (including me), as does reading about VSI
> on Facebook for some, but sooner or later there needs to be enough
> detail in the plan to enable customers to order stuff and thereby
> bring some revenue in for VSI.
> 
> Doubtless this is understood internally at VSI. It probably needs
> to be visible externally in a customer-friendly format too, maybe
> in a format accessible to those who don't get to Encompass sessions
> and the like, before too long.
> 
> That probably sounds rather negative. It's not intended to. Sorry.

See the Layered Product section...

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/servers/openvms/what.html#!&pd1=1