[Info-vax] VSI Campus License Program CSLG

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 8/25/21 1:31 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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.

Sadly, they don't.  And they have no incentive to do it either.
Just more work for the same pay.

bill