[Info-vax] What Will Drive More OpenVMS Adoption?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/6/2021 1:46 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-12-05, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> But that still leaves the question why would new customer choose
>> VMS over Linux.
>>
>> Maybe VSI can try pushing "less is more" / "small is good". Both
>> Linux and Windows has become huge. To some extent they can be tailored
>> down (especially Linux), but still a simple OS may have a justification.
> 
> The one thing you have not addressed in your reply are the time-limited
> production licences.
> 
> Why would a manager new to the VMS world make a decision where you had
> to pay for new licences for your newly acquired systems on a regular
> basis or those new systems would suddenly stop working ?
> 
> It's one thing to stop getting support if a vendor goes bust.
> 
> It's a completely different thing to have your systems suddenly stop
> working if a vendor previously unknown to them (VSI) suddenly goes bust.
> 
> Why would they ever agree to that ?
> 
> Even _if_ they could be convinced VSI would be taken over, how do you
> address the question of a VSI collapse happening right when those new
> licences were needed ?
> 
> How do you address the question that the customer has no control over the
> price of the renewal licences and that a replacement company could charge
> a stiff price increase because they have a captive market ?
> 
> Why would a manager new to the VMS world ever agree to that when they
> have their job and their pension to think about and have several other
> alternatives where this simply is not a concern to the manager ?
> 
> People here are looking at pushing VMS from a technical viewpoint.
> 
> I OTOH am looking at this from a human nature viewpoint of managers
> in a client company who want to keep their jobs.

There is an outstanding issue about the expiring licenses.

But I think the OP was looking for something more general/fundamental -
this issue could be fixed in no time by VSI.

Arne

PS: And you know how I think VSI should fix this.