[Info-vax] Opportunity for VSI?

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/14/18 2:21 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <g7g5e4F3t1mU1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon
> <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> HP had a costless education license.
> 
> By the time HP owned VMS, it was too late.

HP merely followed on with the programs that preceded it.
VMS has had an education program for well over 30 years
that I am personally aware of.

> 
>> 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.
> 
> Back in the days of DECcampus, DEC salesdroids were telling universities
> that unix was the future.

VMS replaced IBM in the University data center.  Unix did not
replace VMS, Windows did.

bill