[Info-vax] VSI Webinar 9-April

[Dave Froble]

On 4/1/2019 4:40 PM, pcoviello at gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, April 1, 2019 at 4:30:38 PM UTC-4, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>> On 4/1/2019 4:16 PM, pcoviello at gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Monday, April 1, 2019 at 4:13:18 PM UTC-4, Jan-Erik Söderholm
>>> wrote:
>>>> Den 2019-04-01 kl. 22:07, skrev Robert A. Brooks:
>>>>> On 4/1/2019 3:43 PM, pcoviello at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>> On Monday, April 1, 2019 at 5:25:58 AM UTC-4, Ian Miller
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Existing contracts for OpenVMS software support with HPE
>>>>>>> will continue as they do now. Renewals will have to be
>>>>>>> carefully thought about. New contracts should go to VSI.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was told they are no longer selling their own licenses
>>>>>> either. if you want an add on product you're SOL too...
>>>>>
>>>>> What "add-on" product are you talking about that VSI cannot
>>>>> provide (hence the "SOL" comment)?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think "they" refered to HPE and an VSI "add-on" would not work
>>>> together with an "HPE VMS" system, does it? You then need to do a
>>>> full HPE to VSI transition of your licenses, not?
>>>
>>> no an HPE product! I was interested in a 'C' license for 8.4 and was
>>> told they were not selling anymore licensing for HPE VMS.
>>
>> The point of my comment was that while it may be a bit of a pain
>> to change your VMS provider from HPE to VSI, we are here and are happy
>> to sell stuff, including C licenses, such that you are not SOL.
>>
>> --
>>
>>                        -- Rob
>
> I'm already a VSI support customer.  still running 8.4 unfortunately for now due to app vendor mostly.
>

Well, that begets 2 questions.

What is stopping the app vendor from supporting their app on VSI VMS 
V8.4 2L?

Will the VSI C compiler not work on your HPE VMS V8.4 system?

Got a spare system you can run the VSI OS on?  I'd be rather surprised 
if the obj file would not be transferable between systems.

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