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

[Dave Froble]

On 11/1/2022 8:27 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> 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.
>

No, it is not.

The best tool for the job is the overriding criteria.

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