[Info-vax] "The Machine"

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On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 4:28:31 PM UTC-4, IanD wrote:

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> While we are at it, why limit VMS clusters to VMS? The clustering component once ported to x86-64 could be potentially licensed to run on other OS's, in time. 
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It was my understanding that everything about VMS clustering that could be patented was patented in the late 1980s.  Likewise IBM's parallel sysplex, and the Oracle code for shared locking.  I believe that patents from those years expire 20 years from filing date or 17 years from issue date; if these haven't already expired, they will soon.  Licensing cluster code seems an unlikely source of long-term, possibly even of short-term, revenue.