[Info-vax] open source OpenVMS (Re: Oracle-RDB seminar notes)

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

MG wrote 2013-04-02 14:03:
> On 2-apr-2013 9:31, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>> The use of a *hobbyist* server... :-)
>
> Why do you care, I thought you were whining about 'too many
> hobbyists' and now you're encouraging those darn hobbyists
> to use Rdb?
>

No, I was simply commenting that some seems to think that c.o.v
is some official route to the VMS maintainers. It might have
been a couple of decades ago, but I do not think it is today.

And yes, I always encourage anyone to use Rdb.
It's simply the best. :-)

 > > For what though, playing around with it locally?

Of course.
"Playing around" is what you do with a hobbyist system.

>
>> But yes, it was a little streched. My point was that since
>> Oracle allowes you to have Rdb on a hobbyist/test system,
>> there is no specific reason not to.
>
> For what though, playing around with it locally?  As Paul
> Sture also just now reminded us of, the license isn't
> particularly /permissive/ either.
>

OK. I haven't seen that writing. I remember from sometimes
a few years ago that Oracle thought it was OK if you
just "played around" with it.

Never mind...

Jan-Erik.

>   - MG
>