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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2018-05-07, DaveFroble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> Simon Clubley wrote:
>> 
>> 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 ?
>
> If VSI isn't around in 5 years, the only thing such people should be thinking 
> about is how to stop using VMS.
>

However, that same worry might stop some from making the investment
in new VMS systems the first place. That's why you may need a large
organisation like HPE to be the legal entity on the contract for those
customers.

Simon.

-- 
Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world