[Info-vax] VSI software

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/7/2020 9:33 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <rgjigäglh$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajhøj?=
> <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>> On 8/6/2020 5:56 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> On 8/6/2020 12:32 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>>> Similar remarks reply to Rdb.  I don't know what fraction of VMS users
>>>> use it, but I guess that a large majority of VMS revenue comes from
>>>> those who use Rdb.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You are making wild ass guesses without mentioning any facts to back
>>> them up.  Just because you use something does not mean most others do also.
>>
>> Given that VSI has not made a survey among VMS users and published the
>> result then we don't have an actual percentage.
>>   
>> But we do know a few things that makes it likely that Rdb are a big
>> item in the VMS world. We just don't know what "big" means in
>> percentage.
> 
> Percentage of revenue is probably more important than percentage of
> machines.

Yes.

And in general DB servers are bigger than average.

So hardware cost and software licenses when charged
per CPU (socket or core) are also bigger.

Arne