[Info-vax] VSI Subscription Licensing Response Letter

Chris Hanson cmhanson at eschatologist.net
Fri May 21 02:05:12 EDT 2021


On 4/29/21 5:01 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> Paying per system size is common today.
> 
> Oracle is well known to do it.
> 
> I believe Microsoft also do it.

Yes, and there's also a reason PostgreSQL, MySQL, FreeBSD, Linux, etc. 
are so prevalent relative to Oracle and Microsoft.

VSI may think they have Oracle or Sybase/Microsoft levels of customer 
lock-in, but what customers will actually do is further hasten their 
transition to other systems.

   -- Chris



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