[Info-vax] VSI licencing policy (again), was: Re: VSI has a new CEO

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <see4nb$tqq$1 at dont-email.me>,
=?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>
writes: 

> > Even when people disagree with me on the other things I say, everyone
> > still appears to agree with me on this.
> 
> Please define "everyone".
> 
> > Why can't VSI see just how strongly customers...
> 
> "Customers"? How do you know what (real) customers think?
> Maybe you are mixing up c.o.v with the real customers?

There is at least some overlap.

> > feel about this and why are they not doing anything...
> 
> How do you know that they (the real customers) are doing nothing?
> Do you really think that everything happening between VSI and its
> customers would be copied to c.o.v? Don't think so...
> 
> > to address this showstopping problem for
> > keeping many people as VSI customers ?
> > 
> > Do VSI simply not understand the sheer strength of customer feeling
> > about this ?
> 
> You obviously do not know much about how VSI and customres are
> communicating. And it is *not* through c.o.v!
> 
> When was the last time you had any direct communication with VSI?
> 
> > 
> > If you have your application source code, there are now solutions for
> > porting your VMS applications, including its VMS-specific code, over
> > to another operating system such as Linux.
> > 
> > How many people are now exploring this option as a direct result of
> > VSI's new time-limited licences policy?
> 
> If you are one of those customers, do talk to VSI, just as all
> other customers are doing that have some thoughts around this.

I don't think that current customers of VSI are the problem.  They 
obviously already have a relationship with VSI and have already made 
some sort of commitment.  The problem is more with those who are waiting 
to see what happens before making a commitment to VSI.  VMS folks are a 
conservative lot; if they were willing to change things on a whim, they 
would no longer be on VMS.  There are also potential new customers, but 
that is probably not an issue for them.  What fraction of VMS customers 
are now VSI customers?  Why are the others not already VSI customers?