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Re: VSI OpenVMS Community License

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From: seaohveh@hoffmanlabs.invalid (Stephen Hoffman)
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Subject: Re: VSI OpenVMS Community License
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:30:26 -0400
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by: Stephen Hoffman - Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:30 UTC

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

> In article <utulvc$1pmvc$1@dont-email.me>, news@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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Pure Personal Opinion | HoffmanLabs LLC

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