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

[David Froble]

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> 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...
> 
> 

Read up thread.  That wasn't the issue.  A poster suggested that the 
build procedures never left the USA.  I was just pointing out that the 
procedures were indeed in India, according to the VSI post.