[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 9/14/2021 7:52 PM, David Goodwin wrote:
> Because realistically what can VMS do that isn't cheaper and easier
> on Linux besides "run existing VMS applications"? Why pay for VMS to
> run ports of Linux software when you could just run Linux software on
> its native platform for free?

There is no license cost for Linux, but companies
pay for support. Using RHEL is not free.

So there is be room for charging.

But long term RHEL can probably be seen as a cap for what
can be charged.

> Even Windows Server is struggling here for the same reason. Most stuff
> targets Linux now so Microsoft runs more Linux virtual machines in Azure
> than Windows and has for some years now.

Yep.

>                                          We're at the point where
> Microsoft has added Linux binary compatibility to Windows because
> thats what most development tools are built for now.

WSL 1 was a compatibility layer, but WSL 2 is a VM actually running
Linux. And it is for developing Linux software on Windows.

Arne