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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-05-28, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 5/28/2021 2:32 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2021-05-27, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 1.  HPE has no interest whatsoever in VMS.
>>
>> This is pure contract and licence management, no different to what
>> HPE already does for its own customers.
>>
>> Supporting customer VMS systems is not involved.
>>
>>> 2.  How many current VMS users wold trust HPE?
>>>
>>
>> That depends on what you mean by trust in the context of contract
>> and licence management.
>>
>
> If HP would throw VMS users under the bus, why might you think they 
> would not do the same to them again?
>

This is a contract issue, not a VMS support issue.

If you don't like HPE, VSI could always do this with another major
company that is unlikely to go outright bust, even if VSI does.

I have now offered two ideas and Arne has now offered his own idea
about how to fix this problem. I notice there has been no real comment
on the merits of my last idea.

Do you or anyone else have any comments on the ideas offered or do you
have any ideas of your own on this major problem for the VMS community ?

Simon.

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