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

[mcleanjoh at gmail.com]

On Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 6:29:25 AM UTC+11, David Froble wrote:
> JF Mezei wrote:
> > On 15-03-18 08:19, clairgran***@gmail.com wrote:
> >> The HP Team put weeks of preparation work into the transfer and had many legal restrictions on what they could do. 
> > 
> > Out of curiosity, Did that team do work outside the scope of VMS (the
> > stuff you are getting) and had to ensure none of the stuff outside that
> > scope was added to the tape ?
> > 
> > had the HP india team bothered to change the VMS source code management
> > system and build procedures during their tenure ? Or was it more of a
> > problem of them not quite following the procedures perfectly ?
> 
> Ya know, I'm as curious as the next guy, perhaps even more.  But I've 
> read things such as "legal restrictions" and so, and these people still 
> have some interaction with HP.  So, perhaps some things will not be 
> said, and to be considerate, perhaps not asked either.
> 
> However, if some folks can and want to talk about HP and HP India, I'll 
> be in the front row ....
> 
> :-)

Don't get worked up about it.  It's perfectly reasonable that HP doesn't let external people access their computer systems.  It's just basic security and having an internal backside to kick if things go wrong rather than the argy-bargy of legal action against the other company or external individual.  (The further risk with individuals is that they might not have the money to pay the cost of any required remedial work.)

Just be pleased that VSI got the source code (plus whatever) and were able to work with it.