[Info-vax] OpenVMS in the future, Open sourced or Closed? Intent is to keep it...

[David Froble]

JF Mezei wrote:
> On 15-05-05 08:04, Neil Rieck wrote:
>> The number one reason why people want Open-Source software is because its free. 
> 
> Having lived through Digital abandonning VMS (and worse with Compaq/HP),
> PSION getting out of business, and Apple pulling out of the server
> business,  one of the main attractions of Open-Sourced software is that
> it is much harder for a product to go away as no single CEO can decide
> to pull the plug on it and cease to make it available.
> 
> 
> 

Yes, and this is the sole reason I wished for VMS to be "open sourced", 
whatever that really means.  In general, I'm not much of a fan of "open 
source".