[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Community License

[Dave Froble]

On 3/28/2024 10:16 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 3/28/2024 9:54 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> It may not be technical at all.  What if someone in VSI, or it's parent,
>> asked, why are we doing this?  It isn't what is our business plan.
>>
>> Something like the CL must have believers implementing and running it.
>> Perhaps those calling the shots are not believers in the CL.
>
> I think the business case is there for CL.
>
> The cost of emailing out CL licenses is a couple of orders
> of magnitudes smaller than the cost of replacing the
> CL "free testing" with employee testers and replacing
> the CL "open source maintainers" with employee developers.
>
>> I don't know anything.  Just speculation.  But in c.o.v I have not noticed
>> much being said by VSI people.  Might not be healthy speaking out against
>> those at the top.
>
> Public commenting on your employers decisions is
> generally considered inappropriate.
>
> Arne
>
>

And dangerous ...

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