[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

[Simon Clubley]

On 2020-07-23, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 7/23/2020 1:16 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2020-07-23, Rod Regier <rregier at dymaxion.ca> wrote:
>>> I've gotten some non VAX/VMS license prices out of Jon Fellman.
>>> One of my customers successfully purchased permanent BOE and DFG licenses for OpenVMS/I64 from him.
>>>
>>> He's legally reselling licenses that were used on HP(E) leases that have concluded.
>>>
>>> I doubt any VAX/VMS licenses are available from terminated leases.
>>>
>>
>> I don't understand. This is either a HP or HPE employee selling licences
>> for a HPE product. Why doesn't HPE just issue new VAX/VMS licences and
>> take the customer's money, while making it clear the customer is buying
>> the licence as-is without support ?
>
> Simon, learn to read more closely.  I did suggest looking at who this 
> guy, Jon, works for.  HP (not HPe) Financial services.  Rod's post 
> suggests that these are licenses from leased equipment, that is probably 
> off lease.  The "financing company" is looking to get some revenue from 
> the previously leased systems, or, the PAKs.  I'm not sure that's even 
> legal, but, who's going to go after HP?
>

I can read just fine. (At least in this case. :-))

If a HP employee has a market for these, then why the hell isn't HPE
themselves selling new licences (without any support) for VAX/VMS ?

Re-read the above with that in mind.

It's free money for HPE.

Simon.

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