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

[Dave Froble]

On 5/31/2021 9:03 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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.
>

My idea is the same as it's been for years.  Do away with license PAKs, 
allow anyone to run VMS, require support for any commercial use of VMS. 
This would avoid all the issues about drop dead dates.

KISS!

Now, as for the misguided fear that someone will "cheat".  Any VMS users 
(that use VSI's latest stuff) will want VSI to be there for them, with 
new updates, bug fixes, and such, and will pay reasonable support fees.

As for those who will not purchase support, they most likely will still 
be running on HP/Compaq/DEC license PAKs, and would never be a VSI 
customer, so what's the loss?  Really, what is the loss?  Hard to lose 
something you never had.

Responsible companies do not want to be software pirates.  Too much 
downside.  Companies will, and do, review software to insure they are in 
compliance with all license requirements.

One or more people at VSI are paranoid, and, it's going to bite them on 
the ass, hard.

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