[Info-vax] vax vms licenses

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/26/2022 12:12 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 4/26/22 10:45, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 4/26/2022 7:04 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> On 4/25/22 22:37, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>> 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?
>>>
>>> Are you saying that VSI would give some people a better deal while the
>>> majority would be stuck with the original plan?  You don't think that
>>> would drive them away?
>>
>> Standard customer rules:
>>
>> 1) The customer is always right.
>>
>> 2) When customer is wrong, refer to rule #1.
>>
> 
> Where's the tongue-in-cheek emoji?
> You can't possibly be that naive.

????

Everybody knows that is how business works.

> If that were true we would still be buying from DEC or at the very
> least HP would still be pushing VMS.

????

If DEC has known that and provided the PC's, cheap
fast work stations etc. that customers wanted then
DEC would still exist.

Arne