[Info-vax] vax vms licenses

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/26/2022 8:12 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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.

They will tell VSI.

But they will not tell the world. Companies very rarely
explains stuff like that to the public.

Arne