[Info-vax] vax vms licenses

[chris]

On 04/27/22 23:22, Kerry Main wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Info-vax<info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com>  On Behalf Of Phillip Helbig
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>> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] vax vms licenses
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>> In article<t4aeqg$vk1$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble<davef at tsoft-
>> inc.com>  writes:
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>>> I do find it interesting that the worst doomsayers are those without
>>> any relationship with VSI.  Any current customers with VSI support out
>>> there have much to say about the issue?
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>> There is an obvious selection effect here: those who are fine with the
> license
>> policy are fine being VSI customers.  Those who aren't, aren't.
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> Keep in mind that there are major SW licensing changes happening with other
> vendors as well.
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> Case in point - Microsoft changing their SQL licensing to a core based model
> similar to how Oracle does its licensing.
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> With HW vendors increasing their core counts on even small servers to be
> more competitive, this typically means higher overall licensing costs.
>
> Sample reference:
> <https://redmondmag.com/articles/2019/11/08/sql-server-2019-licensing.aspx>
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> OpenVMS used to be core based back in the HP OpenVMS pre-V8.4 days and
> moving to socket based was viewed by Customers as a major positive move.
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> Imho adopting either core or socket based HW licensing with all of the
> variants and options is just way, way to complex these days. Most Customers
> want simple licensing terms that do not need a license sales specialist to
> explain exactly how many licenses are required.
>
> Subscription models with exceptions for some Customers who require perpetual
> is the way to go in the future and that appears to be the way VSI is
> heading.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Kerry Main
> Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com
>
>

Perhaps VSI have presented this issue in the wrong way. Had
they stressed from the start that the licensing was subscription
based, there may not have been such a negative response. As you
say, that seems to be the direction in industry and even apps
such as Photoshop have been subscription based for a while now.

The show stopper is if the machine is bricked at the expiration of
the subscribed license period. The usual thing would be for the machine
to be operative, but the revision, patches etc frozen at that for the
most recent subscription payment...

Chris





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