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

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Paul Sture skrev den 2015-05-07 17:06:
> On 2015-05-07, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> seasoned_geek wrote:
>>> On Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 3:05:56 AM UTC-5, Paul Sture wrote:
>>>> If the build process is as well documented as the rest of the VMS then I
>>>> would expect that someone competent with similar toolchains (and
>>>> obviously VMS itself) would be able to get there, though obviously not
>>>> as quickly as someone with direct experience of the build process.
>>>>
>>>> It was after all transferred to India and back.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not so certain about that. While coding was sent there, I'm not
>>> so certain the full build process was being done there. This is HP we
>>> speak of. A company which announces they are getting out of the PC
>>> business without first finding a buyer for the division. Just because
>>> they "announced" development moved to India doesn't mean there wasn't
>>> some red headed step child chained in a basement somewhere in America
>>> forced to run nightly builds.
>>
>> Anyone who has been reading c.o.v for a while might remember the post by
>> VSI that they had people in India to get the VMS sources, build
>> commands, and such.  (Unless I dreamed the post)
>
> No you didn't dream it, David.
>
>> So, yes, it was happening in India ....
>
> Ayup, and to get there it must have left the US in the first place ;-)
>

I don't get it. What does borders/countries has to do with this?
Isn't it the quality of work that matters? I could not care
less *where* VMS is developed...