[Info-vax] Oracle to buy HP ????

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 10/1/2011 10:34 AM, MG wrote:
> On 1-10-2011 16:16, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 10/1/2011 7:34 AM, MG wrote:
>>> So, is that why all Solaris users are happier than they could
>>> possibly be?
>>
>> They are not very happy.
>>
>> But they should be more realistic.
>>
>> It is very difficult to make a business case for a company
>> to do the majority of the work on a big OS and then let
>> everybody get the result for free and even let them distribute
>> modifications.
>
> Are you saying that it'd be reasonable if Oracle would come to
> acquire HP and VMS, that they then cancel the Hobbyist Program?

No.

Oracle has a long tradition of only charging for production systems.

VMS hobbyist systems are not production systems.

Arne