[Info-vax] Opportunity for VSI?

[Milton Baar]

On Friday, December 14, 2018 at 9:40:06 AM UTC+11, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 12/13/18 4:17 PM, Milton Baar wrote:
> > On Friday, December 14, 2018 at 4:40:40 AM UTC+11, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> >> On 2018-12-13 02:44:23 +0000, Milton Baar said:
> >>
> >>> https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/643780/university-canberra-revives-mainframe-degree-course/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> So given that there are quite likely OpenVMS sites that are common, and
> >>> I personally know of quite a few that have both OpenVMS and SystemZ,
> >>> would VSI be interested in partnering with an Australian University?
> >>
> >> By "partnering" and "opportunity" here, may I presume that what is
> >> meant is "granting free software and free hardware, granting free
> >> hardware and software support and quite probably including on-site
> >> installation and maintenance, and granting an endowment* sufficient to
> >> cover staff and incidentals and sundries and the use of the
> >> University's name and reputation in associated advertising", right?
> >>
> >> Most schools are understandably interested in acquiring endowments
> >> after all, though—being endowments—these often do include terms and
> >> conditions.
> >>
> >> At least for the next several years, VSI would seemingly have a few
> >> other and higher-priority uses for any cash surfeit they might
> >> encounter.
> >>
> >> *big wads of cash with strings attached, in the vernacular.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Pure Personal Opinion | HoffmanLabs LLC
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> HP had a costless education license. It did not help keep VMS
> around Universities it was already at and certainly didn't
> bring it into new locations.  Trust me, I know.  I fought
> that battle until finally being told the equipment had to be
> removed.
> 
> bill

Bill

I understand what happened in the past.  However, this is happening now so clearly some interest is, once again, being displayed...