[Info-vax] "funny" thing on the usual auction site...

[John E. Malmberg]

On 8/17/2012 5:16 AM, Mazzini Alessandro wrote:
> Normally I would refrain from doing this but I read of this elsewhere and
> it's too surreal not to post it...
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/180947934912
>
> ... the "fruit" effect is a bit laughable. It would be even more funny if
> someone ends bidding on it....

Your subject line actually makes this look like a post by a spammer, and 
as it involves VAX hardware it is actually on topic for this forum.

Someone should ask for proof that they have DEC order numbers and papers 
that allow transferring the licenses from HP and Oracle to the new 
owners.  With out that, they can not claim that the software is licensed.

Unless they want to pay the court costs to see if they can get a similar 
ruling in the U.S. as was ruled in Europe.

http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh071612-story03.html

Also should ask for the exact model number of the VAXstation, and point 
out that VAXstations may require a special monitor/keyboard/mouse cable, 
which may be hard to obtain.

Also critical to know before purchasing is how much memory is in it.

Depending on that information, they may actually sell it, because there 
are embedded VMS systems in process control, and the people maintaining 
those systems generally try to replace those systems with identical 
units, even when they could upgrade to newer hardware at a much lower 
operational cost.

Regards,
-John
wb8tyw at qsl.network
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