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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-08-04, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 8/4/2021 8:19 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> 
>> Why can't VSI see just how strongly customers feel about this and why
>> are they not doing anything 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 ?
>
> Good questions.
>
> Maybe too many random people complain in comp.os.vms and too few
> paying customers complain directly?
>

Gerard and the French users had a go recently and we all know the
results of that so far. :-(

> Maybe VSI has not seen a financially attractive alternative?
>
> Maybe VSI is working on something that is just mot ready yet.
>
> Guesswork.
>
>> 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.
>
> Such solutions has existed for decades.
>

The point that VSI are acting as if users do not have alternatives
and will eventually end up doing business with VSI on VSI's terms.

If VSI do actually believe that, I suspect they may be in for a
nasty surprise unless they become more flexible.

Simon.

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