[Info-vax] New OpenVMS licenses should be based on life of box, not time

[John Dallman]

In article <sat6be$ih5$1 at dont-email.me>,
clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley) wrote:

> But as I mentioned in another message, VSI are actively offering
> on their website to help customers move from VMS to 
> Linux/Unix/Windows.

Some VMS users will have compelling reasons to move, and VSI might as
well get some money from them. 

> That's like Microsoft offering to help you move to Linux. Can you
> imagine what the reaction would be like if Microsoft actually did 
> that ?

Another part is reassurance. If Joe Customer will have to re-architect
his systems to move off VMS, he knows that will be expensive. If he feels
he might get trapped on VMS, he's going to be keen to escape that trap
before it closes. But if VMS has a future, /and/ he can get help if
something external forces him to move, then he doesn't feel trapped and
can look at x86 VMS on its merits. 

John