[Info-vax] The real problem that needs solving to grow VMS

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/15/22 08:19, Dan Cross wrote:
> In article <tnei5b$31mru$1 at dont-email.me>,
> Dave Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>> The GPL has been tested in court multiple times, and this has
>>> never even been close to an outcome.  Moreover, how many
>>> large organizations have bet their collective farms on it?
>>> If Google, Amazon, Meta, any number of government labs,
>>> not to mention Fortune 500 companies are running Linux in
>>> mission-critical roles, do you really think that is likely to
>>> happen?  Didn't their lawyers scrutinize it with respect to
>>> existing caselaw?
>>
>> Nothing is guaranteed.  How many actually though Roe vs Wade would be reversed?
>> The unexpected can happen.
> 
> Yup.  All atoms in a rock could spontaneously go in the same
> direction, propelling it with great force.  I suspect that is
> about as likely as the GPL being nullified by SCOTUS.  People
> had been gunning for Roe for decades in contrast.
> 
>>> [snip]
>>> Sorry, but I'd wager a year's salary that this is how most
>>> purchasing agents would see the matter.  It is NOT making the
>>> case for VMS.  Folks who want to see VMS succeed need to do
>>> better to make the case for it.
>>
>> If a purchasing agent is making IT decisions, then perhaps the customer is
>> already screwed.
> 
> Someone in IT is going to be asking these questions, and if they
> are not, then they are not doing their job.  It's really that
> simple.
> 
>> If VMS proviodes the best solution/environment for a particular task, and it is
>> not chosen, isn't that also taking a risk?
> 
> Again, you guys don't seem to get it.  This question is
> predicated on the assumption that there is a "particular task"
> for which VMS provides the best solution/environment.  Yet, no
> one seems to be able to articulate what that would be, or, more
> importantly, why.

Except Dave who thinks using VAX BASIC is the task.  :-)

bill