[Info-vax] Opportunity for VSI?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/13/2018 6:55 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2018-12-13 21:17:16 +0000, Milton Baar said:
> 
>> Or perhaps just granting an educational or discounted license...there 
>> is plenty of inexpensive hardware around...and I don't think an 
>> endowment would be either needed or likely.
>>
>> This could be a way for OpenVMS to be back in the educational sector 
>> with the possibly positive flow-on effects.  I don't think that the 
>> IBM arrangement is an act of charity on their behalf, they understand 
>> the benefits as DEC once did.
> 
> What would change here that would encourage universities, schools and 
> trade schools to adopt OpenVMS?  This given that free educational 
> licenses have been available for ~twenty years. There does seem more 
> involved here than offering free software licenses.

The ability to run on x86-64 and ditto VM's may be a significant change.

Arne