[Info-vax] vax vms licenses

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/26/2022 7:11 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 4/26/2022 4:29 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 4/26/22 15:12, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>> In article <t47lt0$1pi$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
>>> <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>>>> 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?
>>>
>>> It depends on how many there are and whether they would really walk if
>>> VSI stood firm.
>>
>> The bad side of all this is I expect no one is going to publicly
>> state they are leaving because of this. I expect that options other
>> than VMS will be looked at and projects to move away from VMS will
>> be started.  The move will only become apparent when they fail to
>> renew their licenses and by then it will be much too late to fix it.
> 
> I don't know any businessmen that are so passive.  Most will get in a 
> vendor's face and let them know what they want.

If they want to stay on VMS then they would of course
tell VSI what they want to see for them to be able
to stay on VMS.

It would be crazy to keep what they want a secret. VSI
are not mind readers.

Arne