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

[seasoned_geek]

On Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 7:45:04 PM UTC-5, Javier Henderson wrote:
> > On May 5, 2015, at 4:36 PM, seasoned_geek via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:
> 
> > This fantasy you believe in only works if a single individual can and does posses _ALL_ of the hardware and environment to build from source _AND_ deploy raw to target. This is why wanna-be dutifully disrespected platforms "thrive" as OpenSource and no serious platform does.
> 
> You realize Linux, BSD Unix, etc., all run on things like VAXen and Alpha, right?
> 

Which has nothing to do with the price of tea in China, whether or not the corn will grow this year, or just how complex the build environment is for VMS.