[Info-vax] vax vms licenses

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 4/26/22 19:58, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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.

I assumed we were talking about businessmen like the various French
who appear to have been unable to get any acceptable information out
of VSI.  I was merely pointing out that it was unlikely they would
then run around shouting "I'm leaving VMS" from the rooftops.  They
would merely continue running while working on a replacement and would
then just become another ex-VMS user.

bill