[Info-vax] vax vms licenses

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 4/26/22 20:17, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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.
> 

Why tell VSI?  Once the decision has been made and money, time
and effort invested in the move what would they expect to gain?

bill