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

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <tjpr13$otu$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
<arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 

> On 10/31/2022 9:09 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> > On 2022-10-30, Arne VajhÞj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> >> But still I think VMS future looks better now than in the past.
> >>
> >> * there is a company dedicated to VMS (VSI)
> >> * VMS runs on on standard hardware (x86-64) with a future
> >> * VMS can run in common enterprise environments like
> >>     VMWare ESXI and AWS/Azure/GCP
> >>
> >> VMS now needs software!
> > 
> > What would it take for a manager in a new-to-VMS company to risk
> > their pension and salary by buying a VMS solution instead of what
> > is currently an industry-standard solution based on Linux or Windows ?
> > 
> > That's the _real_ problem you need to solve. Adding new software to
> > VMS means nothing until you solve that problem.
> 
> I don't think so.
> 
> The decision process will either explicit or implicit be a
> two phase thing:
> 1) short list good candidates for the task
> 2) pick one from that short list

What about licenses?  That's the main problem at the moment.