[Info-vax] VMS Software Inc. OpenVMS 8.4-1H1 Boots on i4 System

[David Froble]

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> JF Mezei skrev den 2015-03-18 18:15:
>> On 15-03-18 12:56, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>>
>>> What the heck does it matter? Besides of trying to verify some
>>> colonialist view on some other countries. Your post has an
>>> undertone that doesn't smell very well.
>>
>>
>> The location of group is irrelevant, but its mandate is.  "India" refers
>> to the group that took over from the "Nashua" one.
>>
>> HP stopped development of VMS, and handed maintenance over to a group
>> whose task was just to maintain it for a few years.
>>
>> After they built 8.4, they knew they wouldn't have to build a new
>> version again, only issue patches. So code management discipline can
>> become a bit more lax when you are handling a dead product.
>>
>>
>>
> 
> Either answer the question or put it to a rest now.
> 
>  > What the heck does it matter?
> 
> I see no other reason than that you want to pull your
> opinion around the India dev group yet another turn.
> Says more about yourself then anything else. Sad...
> 

Not really.

It was the people in the US that decided to dump the VMS development 
group, sent the maintenance to India, refuse to continue reasonable 
development, not port to x86, .....

That is where any perceived fault would lay.  The people in India did 
whatever they were told to do.  No major decisions made there, as far as 
I know, which isn't very far ....

As Clair mentioned, the HP people in India had restrictions placed upon 
them.  Not their idea I'd wager ....

The only question I'd ask, solely out of curiosity, is where are the 
VAX/VMS V7.3 sources and build procedures?  I've seen too many things 
end up in dumpsters.  Sad.