[Info-vax] OT: Elephants Can't Dance

[John Smith (not the one @ HP)]

"Neil Rieck" <n.rieck at sympatico.ca> wrote in message 
news:1f81536c-a5cb-4e39-8512-41e882d591db at d19g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...

According to this link:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/docs/open-source-biology.html (look
for the yellow text), the amount of money made on Linux is well into
the multiple billions. I guess it goes without saying that pushing
OpenVMS into the open source community probably won't put money into
HP's accounts (at least not initially). It would allow HP to sell more
hardware -AND- it might enable them to sell other stuff like layered
software and compilers etc. Then, like IBM is doing, they could sell
OpenVMS support (after all, isn't that one reasons why they bought
EDS? So they could get their feet in the door of all businesses).



That's the kind of thinking & insight that you'd expect from a 2nd year 
student. HP hasn't made it to that level yet.