[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[John Reagan]

"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote in message 
news:saWdnZSt69vbOlLXnZ2dnUVZ_h-dnZ2d at giganews.com...

> Back in the mid 1980s a Fortran compiler for a VAX 11/750 listed for 
> something like $5000 AFTER educational discount!
>
You didn't have the right salesman or didn't buy enough hardware.  :)

During that time (well, almost all of the time), compilers were deeply 
discounted over list price.  During various meetings discussion revenue, I 
seem to recall the "average" discount for the compilers was in the 90% 
range.  It actually made it challenge to do budgets since how do you 
convince the company to keep paying folks me like when the apparent revenue 
looked very low.  The hardware/sales leverage was difficult to quantify (and 
probably still is).

John