[Info-vax] A few notes from VMS TUD days i Stockholm today.

[Neil Rieck]

On Oct 14, 7:03 am, Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On Oct 13, 10:11 pm, "John Smith \(not the one @ HP\)"
>
> <a... at nonymous.com> wrote:
> > "Neil Rieck" <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>
> [...snip...]
>
> > Doing so on the HP website would imply that HP wanted *new* VMS customers.
> > That's why it'll never happen.
>
> You may be speaking the truth. Last month (September-2009) my boss
> wanted me to get some quotes for building an OpenVMS cluster
> (partially for DRP purposes). We currently run a single AS-DS20e and
> my boss wanted me to get licenses for a second AS-DS20e (we already
> have the hardware) "and" cluster software for two nodes. The quote
> came in at $50k which caused my boss to flip. Needless to say, our DRP
> solution now involves a cold stand-by system in another city.
>

Sorry for replying to my own post but I've got an important update.
One of my quotes was for a "128-user OpenVMS" license. HP quoted me
$20k but a third-party retailer who hangs out here quoted $5k for an
"unlimited user OpenVMS" license. There is a really good chance that
OpenVMS licensing quotes from HP which are going to large companies
will pay much more.

{ if big companies don't pay more for PCs and printers then why is HP
running this scam with OpenVMS licenses? }

I really feel sorry for anyone who loses their job in this uncertain
economy but HP made a HUGE mistake by "only" outsourcing OpenVMS
Engineering jobs (the true talent IMHO) but not the bloated do-nothing
no-value-add sales weinies. If there was ever a group that needed to
be outsourced to Asia it is HP sales.

NSR