[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 9/14/2021 10:08 PM, David Goodwin wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 12:24:18 PM UTC+12, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Any idea what RHEL actually costs compared to OpenVMS? I've really
> got no idea. RedHat must make a fair bit of money though given what IBM
> spent buying them in 2019 ($34bn). Thats more than twice what Compaq
> spent buying all of DEC ($15bn in 2019 money).

Not that much per system.

https://www.redhat.com/en/store/linux-platforms

But some customers got a lot of systems.

Arne