[Info-vax] Reimplementing VMS, was: Re: HP adds OpenVMS Mature Product Support beyond the end of Standard Support

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In article <bl34mcFfb6vU1 at mid.individual.net>, bill at server2.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>In article <lchi4d$rt8$1 at speranza.aioe.org>,
>	glen herrmannsfeldt <gah at ugcs.caltech.edu> writes:
>> Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-earth.ufp> wrote:
>>> On 2014-01-31, Keith Parris <keithparris_deletethis at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>> (snip)
>>>> You're preparing to fight the last war, but no war has been declared. 
>>>> Adopting "clean room" development methodologies was important for Gnu, 
>>>> Open/Free/NetBSD and Linux because AT&T had proven to be very hostile to 
>>>> development of any open source UNIX-compatible operating system.
>> 
>> (snip)
>> 
>>> No, you either get a cast iron, legally binding guarantee from HP or
>>> you prepare to demonstrate how you have not used contaminated information
>>> in your VMS rewrite.
>> 
>> Without agreeing or disagreeing with the rest, note that it is
>> still innocent until proven guilty.
>
>That might be true in criminal court, but not in civil court.

Yup, there's it's guilty until you cough up every last cent of demands.



>You mean like the hospital that couldn't prove that their actions didn't
>cause a psychic to loose her fortune telling abilities.  Hospital had to
>pay several million dollars.  She never had to prove she had psychic
>ability in the first place.  And if they accept as fact that she did then
>proving it's gone is rather easy.

Ain't pettifoggery just wonderful?



>Civil courts are a nightmare.  even if you win you may be bankrupted.
>The court does not have to order the loser to pay the winners costs.

Win or lose, you'll be bankrupt -- mental, physical, and financial.


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