[Info-vax] Alpha VMS, was: Re: Internationalization

[Dave Froble]

On 1/1/2019 7:19 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2018-12-31, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>
>> I think that there may be more sites running old Alphas than anything
>> else.  For sure there were enough for VSI to decide they needed an Alpha
>> release of their own.  As "their own" HP is out of the picture.
>>
>
> Actually, I don't know if it was a one-off, but HPE actually released
> the DCL vulnerability patch for Alpha in addition to VSI:
>
> https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=pdb_na-VMS84A_DCL_V0200&docLocale=en_US
>
> And yes, I was also surprised HPE did that. If someone paid HPE for
> the patch (I'm assuming any HPE Alpha VMS support contracts have long
> expired), I wonder why they didn't just take out an Alpha support
> contract with VSI instead ?
>
> I wonder if it's because whatever site(s) asked HPE to do that didn't
> want to migrate from HPE Alpha VMS to VSI Alpha VMS for some reason ?
>
> Simon.
>

As I understood things, VSI was providing patches back to HPe.  I guess 
that from some talk back a while about HPe getting higher level support 
from VSI.  At least, I think that's what I read.  Or, VSI could have 
given the patch to HPe without any contractual obligations.  No real 
loss to them.

As for moving to VSI support, I think I've been suggesting that for a 
while now.

Regardless, with their own release, VSI should have the right to sell 
support without going through HPe, at least for those using that release.

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