[Info-vax] [Attn: HP Employees] PDP-11 OS hobbyist licensing

[Simon Clubley]

On 2013-10-03, Bill Gunshannon <bill at server3.cs.scranton.edu> wrote:
> In article <524cc113$0$59876$c3e8da3$e074e489 at news.astraweb.com>,
> 	JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>
>>                    and if any, might in fact generate puzz/pbhlicity for
>> those old machines and increase chances that XX2247 might increase its
>> revenues from it.
>
> Let me see if I understand this last one.  If they give away their product
> it will increase sales?  Just what world do you live in?  
>

Actually, that's a perfectly valid model in the embedded world.

Vendors give away free versions of their tools in order to sell the
hardware or to try and encourage people to buy the paid versions of
the tools.

It's just that you need to have a viable technology based product for
that to work. A modern MCU toolchain is a valid approach for this model
but a long obsolete platform is certainly not viable.

Simon.

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