[Info-vax] question about VSI licensing

[Simon Clubley]

On 2019-07-25, Neil Rieck <n.rieck at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> That's actually the sticking point with my immediate manager. We
> purchased a new  Itanium server mid 2015 along with new licenses. As part
> of that purchase we got free support, hardware and software, for three
> years. Saving money by not having to buy support for three years was part
> of that business case. The support quote from VSI last year included the
> purchase of new licenses and that's when the boss flipped. He didn't care
> that HP/E was getting out of the OpenVMS business. So we were forced to
> stay with HPE until the end of this month. We just received a new quote
> from HPE which the boss hasn't signed but I can't help feeling we're
> wasting money because the HPE contract doesn't allow us to upgrade past
> version 8.4
>

To be honest Neil, I have some sympathy for your manager's viewpoint.

VSI have been promoting themselves as the continuation of the VMS world
and that they are in close partnership with HPE, including providing
some support services to HPE.

In that setup, it's not unreasonable for the manager in question to
expect that their agreement with HPE would also carry forward when
the company in question starts working directly with VSI.

Yes, I understand why VSI did what they did, but I also understand
somewhat why your manager feels the way he does.

Simon.

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