[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Community License

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2024-03-27 14:38:00 +0000, John Dallman said:

> In article <utulvc$1pmvc$1 at dont-email.me>, news at cct-net.co.uk (Chris 
> Townley) wrote:
> 
>> Looks like a more restricted X86 - We can download a pre-built and 
>> licensed VMDK with a few LP, including compilers
> 
> Looking up what you can do with a VMDK, the options for running it seem 
> to be QEMU, VirtualBox or VMware. The problems there are:
> 
> * QEMU seems to be pretty complex, or at least, ill-documented.
> * VirtualBox is from Oracle, and thus subject to corporate whims.
> * VMware is from Broadcom, whose swingeing price rises are putting 
> everyone off the product.
> 
> My employers are large-scale users of VMware, but the price rises have 
> them looking hard at alternatives.

FWIW, XenServer (formerly Citrix) sees an opportunity what with the 
recent Broadcom VMware pricing changes: 
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/27/xenserver_8_returns/



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