[Info-vax] vax vms licenses

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-04-26, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 4/26/2022 8:11 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2022-04-25, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>> On 4/25/2022 1:20 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The alternative viewpoint is that their short-term aggressive licence
>>>> policies could be scaring off VMS the customers who would have made up
>>>> their long-term income.
>>>>
>>>
>>> What if a number of VMS customers, currently with support contracts, just
>>> declared "no, we won't accept that"?  Do you really think VSI would let them
>>> just walk?
>>>
>>
>> The evidence coming out of France is that VSI are indeed allowing the
>> customers to walk away rather than addressing the concerns of those
>> customers when it comes to the time-limited production licences.
>>
>> Simon.
>>
>
> How many customers have walked away?  Can you name even one?
>

David, have you read _anything_ that Gerard has posted ???

French users who _want_ to stay with VMS are being pushed away from
VMS by the VSI licencing and the utter unwillingness of VSI to engage
with the French users in any meaningful way that addresses their
concerns.

That's just one set of users who have chosen to speak to VSI as
a group and to brief the community on the results of those discussions.

I can only imagine just how badly this licencing decision is being
thought of privately elsewhere. In summary, users are going to have
serious issues with allowing the continued working of their systems
to be tied to VSI staying in business.

After all, those users have their own continued employment and pensions
to think of.

Simon.

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Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
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