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

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 11/2/22 14:13, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 11/2/2022 9:34 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2022-11-01, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>> On 11/1/2022 3:49 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>>> In article <tjrsnf$nbs$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
>>>> <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>>>>> There is an outstanding problem with the expiring licenses
>>>>> that in some worst case scenarios could mean systems
>>>>> stopping with short notice.
>>>>
>>>> That seems to be the biggest problem for many (potential) customers.
>>>
>>> Based on?
>>>
>>> comp.os.vms is not exactly a CIO forum.
>>>
>>> My take is that it is more a problem for existing customers than
>>> for the new customers. Existing VMS customers think decades. A lot
>>> of new stuff is HW and OS end up in the dumpster after 5 years
>>> (applications may still live decades).
>>>
>>
>> If VSI goes bust, what do they move that VMS application (with its
>> expiring OS licences) to in 5 years time ?
> 
> Pure FUD ...
> 
>>>>> But potential customers should talk to VSI about that.
>>>>> Businesses are usually listening when it is about revenue.
>>>>
>>>> Usually.  Some have talked and not got a satisfactory answer.
>>>
>>> The french user group talked to VSI and did not convince VSI.
>>>
>>> But if more do so then maybe ...
>>>
>>
>> You mean more than an entire European country worth of VMS users ?
> 
> I never did understand what the French wanted.  I got the feeling that 
> their business model was not anywhere close to my business model.
> 
> 

Dave,
   I  have a feeling that no one's business model is anywhere close
to yours.  :-)

   But then, prior to the advent of SAP, Banner, et al. I expect that
very few people's business model was like others.

bill