[Info-vax] question about VSI licensing

[Neil Rieck]

On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 9:56:41 AM UTC-4, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 7/25/2019 9:47 AM, Neil Rieck wrote:
> > Colleagues,
> > 
> > Our OpenVMS I64 support agreement with HPE is about to expire and I'd like to
> > move everything to VSI so I'm trying to build a business case that might be
> > acceptable to management before I bug anyone at VSI sales. (my boss flatly
> > refused my request last year)
> > 
> > HP/HPE required that every layered product be licensed (we have HP licenses
> > for: OS, FMS, BASIC, C, C++) but I have observed that licensing relaxes every
> > time the OpenVMS ecosystem transferred to a new company. So here's my
> > question: do these layered products require individual VSI licenses or are
> > they all covered by the OS license?
> 
> For IA64, the model has not changed from HPE.
> 
> However, it's my understanding that if you trade in your HPE licenses, you
> can get a substantial discount on the VSI licenses.
> 
> For Alpha, it's a simpler model, with a single PAK for all LP's that
> I *think* is included with the OS license.  In other words, if you purchase
> an Alpha OS license from us, you get the LP license included.  There is no 
> reduction (that I know of) if you explicitly reject the LP license.
> 
> -- 
>                   -- Rob

Thanks

Neil