[Info-vax] VMS porting/rewrite, was: Re: [OT] Wirth style languages, was: Re: Obscure Ada compiler vendors?

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2013-04-11 19:41, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2013-04-11, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>> On 2013-04-11 18:41, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>
>>> BTW, did your post Mentec hobbyist talks ever get anywhere ?
>>
>> Mentec is long gone and out of the picture by now, which you might know.
>
> Yes, I know, hence the "post Mentec" comment.
>
> I know you and others have mentioned talking to the organisation which
> finally took over the rights from Mentec, but I never saw any firm
> conclusion on that.

It's not an organization, but a company. XX2247 LLC. That much I can 
definitely confirm.

>> However, any hobbyist issues are tied in with getting any kind of
>> response from HP, which seems unlikely at this point.
>
> I understand and think you are probably right unfortunately.

Yeah. It is annoying, sad, and unfortunate. Especially since there are 
still business using this software, and they might want some of the 
stuff that I have been working on, but right now I don't know if this 
can be solved.
Not to mention all hobbyist users who would benefit from being able to 
use the software to have fun, and maybe contribute as well.

	Johnny