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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-11-01, David Goodwin <dgsoftnz at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 1:59:20 PM UTC+13, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> 
>> But if the goal is the more realistic VMS-Linux 1%-99%, 
>> then it is a lot easier. Some decision makers will be 
>> willing to look at less common alternatives. Some 
>> decision makers will have had a recent bad experience 
>> with Linux. 
>
> Even if the software was available on OpenVMS, why would you
> choose it over Linux? Why subject your business to the high licensing
> costs, yearly license renewals, and difficulty of finding skilled staff?
> All to run software that was probably ported from Linux anyway? What 
> is the actual selling point of OpenVMS to potential customers?
>

Exactly.

Arne is thinking like an engineer with an emotional attachment to VMS.

He needs to start thinking like a manager, who doesn't care what it says
on the box, but has a decision to make about which system to buy.

That manager is going to choose the safest option for them, which is going
to be what everyone else is buying, unless you can persuade them that VMS
is somehow the safer option for them.

>From the manager's point of view, going with VMS has a _lot_ of problems,
but so far, I am not seeing what the argument would be for persuading them
to be the one that signs off on buying a VMS system.

What is the argument you would make that is strong enough to persuade them
to go with VMS in spite of the problems involved with doing so ?

Until you can answer that question, you are not going to be selling VMS
into brand new sites.

Simon.

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