[Info-vax] DECnet for Solaris

[Bob Koehler]

In article <KsadnQ48uM1bQwTTnZ2dnUVZ_q-dnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
> 
> I believe that DEC/Compaq/H-P now owns the rights to DECnet.  The last 
> time I heard, DECnet required a license that the user must pay for.  In 
> many cases, purchase of a new computer system included the cost of 
> software licenses.

   DEC made DECnet an open standard decades ago, for which anyone can
   write software.  I don't think HP can spell DECnet, let alone care
   who writes software for it.