[Info-vax] VLF: The 35th Anniversary Communique from the VMS Liberation

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 10/31/2012 7:56 PM, JF Mezei wrote:
> On 12-10-31 11:48, Doug Phillips wrote:
>
>> The bigger question is: Would there be any advantage to HP if they
>> released VMS to open source?
>
>
> Lessen the bad PR that will come when HP confirms that Itanium is dead
> end and that the OS on it are not being ported.
>

It's not that simple JF!  VMS uses intellectual property owned by
several parties.  H-P is only one of the parties involved.