[Info-vax] VMS and security

[Dave Froble]

On 11/22/2022 2:18 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <tlj0jd$4qu4$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
> <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>
>>>> Neither do we -- ISV partnership at the bronze level is free
>>>>
>>>> https://vmssoftware.com/about/partners/program/
>>>
>>> Do the licenses expire one year after creation?
>>
>> Community licenses are a year to year thing.  Live with it.
>>
>> ISV licenses are a year to year thing.  Live with it.
>>
>> You get what you pay for.  When it is free, the license granter is
>> free to set the terms.
>
> The HUGE difference is that, in the past, there was always the option to
> purchases a full, commercial, non-expiring license.  That is no longer
> the case.

That was then, this is now.  Things change.

>> Now, should you wish to purchase a commercial x86 VMS license, make your
>> offer to VSI, with your desired terms.  If you haven't done so, then you
>> cannot say you are disappointed.
>
> Many people have, and were disappointed.
>

Have you?  If not, then you really don't know.

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