[Info-vax] VSI Campus License Program CSLG

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-08-25, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/25/21 9:19 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 8/25/2021 6:16 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>> Den 2021-08-25 kl. 03:02, skrev Arne Vajhøj:
>>>> https://forum.vmssoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=212
>>>
>>> And the costs?
>> 
>> Doesn't say.
>> 
>> Hopefully low.
>> 
>> But nice to see.
>> 
>> Hopefully there will be a few colleges/universities that
>> will pick VMS when they want to show something that is not
>> Linux or Windows.
>
> If they were going to do that zOS was a better bet.  But even that
> has become a near impossible sell at most Universities.
>

These days, if someone wants to play with z/OS for non-commercial use,
all they need to do is to sign up for the Master the Mainframe program
(and it's free).

If VSI want VMS to see use in a university teaching environment in 2021,
they had better have very low cost or zero pricing (and without any stupid
licence terms).

There are many free and low-cost alternatives to present to students these
days if the lecturers want to show the students something different when
it comes to operating systems.

Simon.

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