[Info-vax] Any stronger versions of the LMF planned ?, was: Re: LMF Licence Generator Code

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/7/2021 7:59 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 8/6/21 8:59 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> The second part is unreasonable paranoia.  Who and where are these 
>> "cheaters"?  I don't know of any.  Does anyone?  Most of us are just 
>> happy that VSI is there to support us, and we understand they need 
>> revenue to do so.  Which is why I prefer they have recurring revenue 
>> rather than one time license sales.
> 
> I agree with this entirely.

Given that VMS is mostly for professional usage and that
software piracy is not common for professional usage, then
it is not likely that software piracy is a major problem.

>                             It is not cheaters that VSI needs to
> fear it is management who come out of MBA school with no knowledge
> of anything not Microsoft or Linux and will see moving from VMS to
> one of those as "modernization" of a legacy system.

If you replace a system with a significantly newer system then
it seems fair to call it a modernization.

One just need to understand that newer does not guarantee
better.

>                                                       Go read some
> of the stuff on LinkedIn about "Legacy Systems".  Not specifically
> about VMS but the attitude is even if it still does the job if it
> is old (ie. COBOL) it is bad and a problem.

Being old is not a problem in itself.

It becomes a problem if:
- it is out of support
- it is hard to find people with skills
- it does not integrate with newer system that it need to
   integrate with
- it is expensive to maintain

Arne