[Info-vax] A new suggestion to handle the temporary production licences problem

[Dave Froble]

On 6/3/2021 6:24 AM, Andrew Brehm wrote:
> On 02/06/2021 15:56, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps the easiest distinction between commercial and
>>>>> non-commercial use is system specs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Make OpenVMS freely available to everyone and let it use up to 4
>>>>> cores and up to 8 GB of RAM for free, then demand payment for more.
>>>>>
>>>>> This will allow everyone to use VMS for development and testing and
>>>>> will make serious customers pay. Likewise, if VSI goes away or
>>>>> someone forgets to renew support, VMS would simply collapse to
>>>>> using 4 cores and 8 GB only, keeping production system running but
>>>>> very slowly...
>>>>
>>>> We have 1 core and 4 GB RAM, and the system is quite fast.
>>>> And I do not consider a system supporting production in the main
>>>> factory of a leading producer of forrest/garden equipment, as "small".
>>>>
>>>> So no, I do not beleive in that solution.
>>>
>>> I don't think there will be too many systems like that in the near
>>> future. As cores and memory become cheaper and cheaper, systems with
>>> 1 core and 4 GB of RAM will become a faint memory.
>>
>> You select the config that is "good enough". And why wouldn't you if
>> you get it for free. Is it not that all 1 or 2 CPU Alphas suddenly
>> need a 4+ CPU/core system that is also way faster per core.
>
> 1 or 2 CPU Alphas are probably not in scope for new OpenVMS versions.
>
>> No, I do not beleive in your suggestion.
>
> It's not a question of belief. I just think it is a better solution than
> VSI's current idea.

Well, just about anything is better than the current VSI direction.

I also do not think much of your suggestion.  Too complex.  Made for 
lawyers.

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