[Info-vax] New OpenSSL update from HP

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <1c9a0$557dc4b6$5ed4324a$10063 at news.ziggo.nl>, Dirk Munk
<munk at home.nl> writes: 

> I suppose this shows the problem with open source software. In my view 
> there should be one single stable production version of OpenSSL, and 
> that version should be ported to VMS. There shouldn't be a HP version 
> and a WASD version for instance. Perhaps in future VSI will do a better 
> job in supplying us with the most recent version.

I agree.  There was CSWB and also whatever the Apache port was called.
To me, it is the functionality that matters.  If something built for VMS
can do a better job on VMS, then I'm for that.  But if some application
which exists elsewhere runs fine on VMS, one should make use of the
synergy, i.e. (UN)ZIP, ghostscript, etc.  And it does really look bad if
there is a VMS version of open-source software.  While one of the
advantages is that one can get the code and modify it, I think that most
folks are interested in open-source software because of the large base
of users and contributors, and this pretty much dries up for a
VMS-specific version.