[Info-vax] OpenSSL CSWS-2.2-1

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2019-04-07 14:06:20 +0000, Neil Rieck said:

> The current version of CSWS for OpenVMS from HPE is based upon Apache 2.0.63

HPE is exiting the OpenVMS business, with new-patch support ending in 
less than two years.  I'd expect the HPE investments to taper over 
time, too.

> The current version of CSWS for OpenVMS from VSI is based upon Apache 
> 2.4.12 according to this link.

For not the first time I have stated this in this thread, the current 
VSI CSWS Apache Web Server version is V2.4-38.  If what is posted on 
the VSI web site doesn't indicate that, what is posted is stale.

> We attempted to move support from HPE to VSI last year but our 
> management would not approve the purchase of software relicensing by 
> VSI. If they had then I would not find myself in this dilemma; which is 
> why I'm experimenting with WASD.

Then keep records, and expect to toss the whole discussion back at your 
management, as part of transitioning from HPE support to VSI support; 
positioned as a one-time on-boarding fee or transition fee or whatever. 
 It'd be nice if the licensing could be buried in the support costs, 
but that's not currently the case.  The current VSI web site and the 
VSI communications and the lack of a list price price list aren't 
particularly helpful here, either.

> p.s. managers are always moving around. There is a high likelihood that 
> when dung-hits-the-fan next year, they'll be gone and I'll be blamed 
> for not having a workaround waiting in the wings. A career limiting 
> situation indeed.

I'm familiar with organizations that use "bungee bosses", and with the 
energy and the effort entailed with bringing each new boss up to speed, 
and with the organizational knock-off effects when a mix of good boss 
and bad bosses transition through an organization, and how those 
managers pick good and bad managers and staff.  This managerial churn 
can be quite challenging.  Both for the staff, and for the up-or-out 
policies that the managers themselves are generally measured by.


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