[Info-vax] VMS Software, Inc. Acquires All OpenVMS Support Business from Hewlett Packard Enterprise

[Simon Clubley]

On 2019-10-24, Bob Gezelter <gezelter at rlgsc.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 12:08:02 PM UTC-4, Ian Miller wrote:
>> As part of its exiting the OpenVMS market, Hewlett Packard Enterprises (HPE) has sold the rights to all its support contract renewals to VMS Software, Inc. (VSI). Both HPE OpenVMS (V8.4 and earlier) and VSI OpenVMS (V8.4-1h1 and higher) contract renewals were sold to VSI. When combined with news earlier this year that HPE had stopped selling all new VSI upgraded license products and new VSI support contracts, this means that HPE has divested the controlling rights of the OpenVMS operating system solely to VSI. 
>> 
>> OpenVMS customers who have support contracts through VSI will experience no changes. For those OpenVMS customers who currently have support contracts through HPE, there will be an explanation of the simple transition process from both VMS Software, Inc. and HPE. 
>> 
>> http://www.vmssoftware.com/news.html
>
> Most importantly, this provides VSI with the contract renewals from HPE.
>

Will customers still be forced to purchase their licences again or
will VSI allow the remaining HPE customers to migrate to VSI VMS
without having to pay for their licences again ?

Simon.

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