[Info-vax] vax vms licenses

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/26/2022 8:30 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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?

They would tell VSI before the decision is made to see
if VSI will change their mind.

Arne