[Info-vax] VMS support is being transferred from HPE to VSI

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax <info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com> On Behalf Of Simon
> Clubley via Info-vax
> Sent: May 6, 2018 9:26 PM
> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> Cc: Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] VMS support is being transferred from HPE to
VSI
> 
> On 2018-05-06, Kerry Main <kemain.nospam at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Leaving the last bit with HPE is likely due to keep some specific
> > Customers happy and/or address some outstanding legal issues.
> >
> > Pure speculation, but once VSI has fully amalgamated what is being
> > proposed, at a later date, it likely would not be that big of a move
to
> > transfer any remaining components.
> >
> 
> Are you sure about the second paragraph ?
> 
> If HPE gets taken over, there will still be a successor organisation
> that will still exist and will be big enough to be sued.
> 
> In the eyes of the people making these purchasing decisions, what
> guarantee do they have that VSI will be big enough to sue and will
> still be around in 5 years, either as VSI or as part of a larger
> organisation ?
> 
> That's the kind of thing some people will be thinking of.
> 
> Simon.
> 

I really do not think "are they big enough to sue?" is a real factor in
any large Customers.

More likely, but highly speculative, it is something along the lines of
"will VSI be able to support a global mission critical app environment
on a 24x7 basis?"

Being able to provide L1/L2 support for some period will prove to these
Cust's that VSI can. The 8 or so HPE OpenVMS support resources
transitioning to VSI will certainly help do this. 


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com