[Info-vax] VSI has a new CEO

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-08-03, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 8/3/2021 8:06 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2021-08-02, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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 ?
>
> Then you fire the auditors and security people and get some people who 
> have a touch of common sense.  Don't expect a business to shut down over 
> such things.  Just how many people's jobs would you stop just to satisfy 
> your fetish for security?
>

The company doesn't shut down in that situation, but the non-compliant
systems (VMS) get retired as soon as possible, even if the site has
permanent VMS licences. In other words, the company moves off VMS even
if it turns out to be a very painful process.

>> 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.
>
> This is a real problem, and one VSI is going to have to address.  Again, 
> don't expect a business, perhaps with hundreds or thousands of people to 
> shut down for such an artificial reason.
>

Unfortunately, VSI do not seem to show any interest in addressing this.

I wonder how much business it has cost them and how much it's going to
cost them simply because a customer cannot allow this situation to occur.

A business may love VMS and want to stay with it, but they are not
going to allow the collapse of a vendor to be the collapse of their
own business, even if that means moving away from VMS.

Simon.

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