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

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <f8298f2a-a7fb-4ece-92d6-b09b23b61cf0 at googlegroups.com>,
	seasoned_geek <roland at logikalsolutions.com> writes:
> 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.

Do you somehow think the build process and environment for Linux or BSD
is any less complex?  The only real difference is that the Linux and BSD
environment and process are publicly available knowledge.  VMS has always
been a secret.  There is no site that tells you what you need or how to
build it from scratch.  And then you have the requirement for proprietary
compilers and utilities.  It doesn't mean that VMS is somehow intrinsicly
more complicated or difficult.  It is only because of the obscurity of
the process.  

bill

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