[Info-vax] VSI has a new CEO

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-08-02, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 8/2/2021 6:56 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 8/2/21 2:53 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>
>>> Well, you are not wrong.  If something else could replace VMS, then it
>>> would already have done so years ago.
>>>
>>
>> Uhh..  Dave...  Something did replace VMS.  Actually a lot of things
>> replaced VMS.  Many of them were mistakes, but the fact is they did
>> replace VMS.  Saw it first hand at the University I worked at for 25
>> years.
>
> Yes, VMS was replaced in many shops, but not all shops.  That's what I'm 
> saying above.  Some shops just could not, or would not, move off VMS.
>

What happens if one day VSI goes bust and your auditors/security people
require all production systems to have support contracts ?

You may also be forced off VMS rather quickly if you only have the new
time-limited licences and didn't make any plans for if VSI went bust.

Simon.

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