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The Affordable OpenVMS License
Benefits to HP
Benefits to ISVs
Benefits to End Users

DJE Systems OpenVMS-Related Polls
Other OpenVMS-Related Polls
Other OpenVMS Links

The Affordable OpenVMS License

The Affordable OpenVMS License proposal is geared mostly toward the Small Office / Home Office (end) user. For ISVs (Independent Software Vendors), Digital had the "A.S.A.P." (Association of Software Application Partners) program and Compaq had the C.S.A. (Compaq Solutions Alliance) program. However, neither program adequately addressed the needs of the small, independent software developer without a large, active and vital end-user market.

The Affordable OpenVMS License proposal is designed to lay the groundwork for the end-user market which will bring to fruition the goals of the HP I.S.V. program (name TBD), and those of its predecessor, the A.S.A.P. and C.S.A. programs. By bringing license pricing for OpenVMS into line with retail pricing for Win/NT and commercial UN*X (both Digital UNIX / Tru64 and third party options), the opportunity is created to sell small Alpha systems, Small IPF systems (and, for the present at least, small used VAX systems) running OpenVMS into the end-user market at prices which are competitive and which will foster growth in that market which will provide a larger, more vital and therefore more profitable (to HP and the ISVs) group of ISVs developing applications for OpenVMS.

Benefits to HP

The benefits to HP of the Affordable OpenVMS License are (at least) six-fold:
 

• More hardware sales = more hardware revenue

 
• More hardware support contracts = more revenue

 
• More per-call and carry-in service on small systems = more revenue

 
• More OpenVMS Software sales = more revenue

 
• More OpenVMS Software Support contracts = more revenue

 
• More per-call OpenVMS Software Support = more revenue


Benefits to ISVs

The benefits to the ISVs of the Affordable OpenVMS License are (at least) four-fold:
 

• Larger potential market = more revenue potential

 
• More diverse potential market = more revenue potential

 
• Greater potential to demonstrate scalability = greater potential for sales across a much broader range of clients, from small shops to larger enterprises, all running the same software.

 
• Feature-Rich Operating System = drastic reductions in development cycles, fewer add-ons to buy from third parties.

 
Benefits to End Users

The benefits to the End User are (at least) four fold:
 

• More Stable Operating System = drastic reductions in downtime.

 
• Feature-Rich Operating System = drastic reductions in development cycles, fewer add-ons to buy from third parties.

 
• Proven, Commercial-Quality Operating System = less risk in implementing new systems.

 
• Fast Alpha Systems = Better price / performance numbers.


DJE Systems OpenVMS-Related Polls

Here are some polls in which you can participate to make your opinion known to the world at-large. Topics of the polls include affordable OpenVMS, the A.S.A.P. (now C.S.A.) program and even the much dreamed-of but never realized OpenVMS-Intel.

Other OpenVMS-Related Polls

Take the "PC VMS" Survey or just view the results to date. Make your vote count - let your voice be heard!

Other OpenVMS-related pages:

DJE Systems OpenVMS Page
DJE Systems OpenVMS Hobbyist Page
Dallas / Fort Worth DECUS LUG OpenVMS Hobbyist Home Page
OpenVMS Freeware Page
ZIP and UNZIP for OpenVMS
The REAL Story about "tarballs" (GZIP and TAR for OpenVMS)
VAX Linux

Alternative Operating Systems

"Vaporware"

Free VMS (for Intel)

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