[Info-vax] VSI and Process Software announcement

[Craig A. Berry]

On 10/26/16 6:30 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2016-10-23 23:38, David Froble wrote:
>> Hans Bachner wrote:

>> Don't know the deal, but, if VSI finds something they like better in
>> TCPWare, perhaps they can choose to use that.
>
> The announcement says (to quote the quote above): "The license allows
> VSI to integrate features of Process Software's MultiNet software..."
>
> Seems like VSI would need a separate license if they wanted to pick on
> TCPware... Now I'm sure that could be arranged easily, if wanted, but
> going by the quote above, I think it's safe to say that VSI is going to
> use MultiNet, and not TCPware.

I would think TCPware and Multinet would be pretty much the same thing
under the hood by now, just with different user interfaces. At least I'm
pretty sure merging the code was the plan when the two companies that
made those products merged 15+ years ago. Of course sometimes plans are
abandoned or delayed indefinitely.