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

[Neil Rieck]

On Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 10:35:21 AM UTC-4, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 5/9/15 8:50 AM, Neil Rieck wrote:
> > On Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 9:35:03 AM UTC-4, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> >> On 2015-05-05 12:04:40 +0000, Neil Rieck said:
> 
> >>> Now I have no idea why HP outsourced OpenVMS support to India but
> >>> clearly that did not work out.
> >>
> >> Outsourced?  No.   OpenVMS has been developed by folks working all over
> >> the world.
> 
> > Lots of stuff to respond to but I think you misread one of my
> > statements. HP did outsource "OpenVMS support" to India.
> 
> I believe the same point still holds for support as for development. At
> least I've never heard anything about HP contracting out OpenVMS support
> to another company in India. If the people providing support in India or
> elsewhere were/are HP employees, then it's not outsourcing.

Perhaps we should be using the phrase "off shoring" 

Neil