[Info-vax] VSI Subscription Licensing Response Letter

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-05-21, Chris Hanson <cmhanson at eschatologist.net> wrote:
> 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.
>

I agree.

The French group were supposed to be creating a letter in response to
VSI's totally out of touch reply. Did this ever happen because I have
not seen it posted here ?

Simon.

-- 
Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.