[Info-vax] OpenSSL CSWS-2.2-1

[Craig A. Berry]

On 4/7/19 9:21 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 4/7/19 10:06 AM, Neil Rieck wrote:
>>
>> We attempted to move support from HPE to VSI last year but our 
>> management would not approve the purchase of software relicensing by VSI. 
> 
> I know this is not what people want to hear and I will be blamed
> for the bad news (always shoot the messenger!) but I have seen
> this as a potential sticking point since the announcement of the
> creation of VSI.

If you were the conveyor of non-bogus information, then people might be
more receptive.

> When the recent discussion about Intersystems was going
> on I saw it again.  There is a very finite expense in
> VARs moving to the new version of VMS.  Both on the
> current architecture and on the future new architecture.
> One must buy new equipment to develop, test and maintain
> the product on the new architecture.  One must buy the
> new version of the OS and the necessary licenses to use
> it.  And one must weigh that cost against expected revenues.

When we moved to VSI from HPE a couple of years ago at the time our HPE
support contract was expiring, it was a whole lot cheaper to get a
support contract with VSI including new licenses than to renew with HPE.
  So switching to VSI meant saving money immediately, not incurring any
extra expense.  Our licenses included upgrade rights to the x86_64
version when it becomes available.

People running unsupported will have some cash outlay to switch to VSI.
  But people running unsupported are not planning for the future anyway.

As far as buying new hardware to make a platform switch, do you really
think it will be cheaper to maintain 10-20-year-old Alpha or Integrity
hardware over the next five years than to get some brand new x86 kit (or
possibly just spin up some VM instances on a host most companies already
have available)?