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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-08-05, calliet gérard <gerard.calliet at pia-sofer.fr> wrote:
>
> But very few are doing that. Because they react deciding to quit VMS. 
> And because it is one by one they quit, VSI cannot understand it's a 
> general issue they have to cope with.
>

Once an avalanche of users start to move away from VSI, then it's going
to be too late for VSI to do something about it.

"The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote."
That's as true in real life for this as it was in the fictional context.

Going back to something I said yesterday, I wonder if VSI really do think
that the only choice for users is to deal with VSI, and hence VSI think
they can dictate to the users the terms on which VSI will deal with the
users.

I do suspect VSI are in for a nasty shock if they do believe that.

> For decades there has been hemorrhage out of VMS. We were able in 2014 
> to fight against that with the VSI creation. We didn't stop it, but we 
> were able to make some of the customers wait. The only message from VSI 
> had been since that "you'll have x86"... and the x86 horizon walked away 
> each year. It has been increadable difficult to make wait the customers 
> who didn't yet abandoned. You add the licensing issue, and everyone I 
> know has decided to go away. I think it is the real reason why the 
> customers don't speak with VSI to renegotiate.They are already out.
>

I know VMS isn't really portable (at least not in the modern sense of
the word), but 7 years (and counting) is still a lot of time for a port.

Simon.

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