[Info-vax] News on the licensing side?

[Dave Froble]

On 1/27/2023 1:48 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-01-27, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> Got an invite to the French "Rendez-vous autour de VMS" 31 Jan.
>>
>> One point in the agenda says:
>>
>> "Nouveauté du côté des licences : communauté, et une bonne nouvelle !"
>>
>> Or:
>>
>> "News on the licensing side: community, and some good news!
>>
>> I wonder what can be "good news" related to licensing?
>> In particular when one know the opinion from the French user group...
>>
>> Jan-Erik.
>
> Well, that's interesting.
>
> I wonder if it has _finally_ got through to VSI management just how
> badly the time-limited licences have been received by the VMS community ?
>
> Simon.
>

I have always thought that VSI would have to listen to the customers, if they 
wished to retain those customers.

Up until now, x86 VMS is not ready for use.  I may have mentioned a few times 
that I would not consider it viable until native compilers were available.  That 
is just now happening with some languages, but not all.

Some people are testing x86 VMS, but I really doubt it is in production at this 
time.  As that time does approach, customers will be informing VSI what they 
require.  Perhaps VSI is now hearing from enough customers to better understand 
the situation.

I've always viewed the wailing and moaning about licenses a non-issue, and that 
customers would in the end get what they needed.

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