[Info-vax] VMS support is being transferred from HPE to VSI

[DaveFroble]

Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2018-04-29 16:51, DaveFroble wrote:
>> IanD wrote:
>>> Let's hope that before it is sold, HPE let's VSI buy VMS outright 
>>> otherwise any new company buying it might see VMS as a legal 
>>> encumbrance / hassle
>>>
>>> Better for VSI to fly fully on their own under these circumstances
>>
>> VSI seems to have everything they need.  What more would you think 
>> they should acquire?  One would guess that the rights they have now 
>> could not be taken away.
> 
> One cannot help but think of the PDP-11 mess...
> 
>   Johnny
> 

Well, yes, there is that.  It's probably Ok for VSI, but if they wanted to sell 
VMS to another party, that would be a real mess, maybe worse than the PDP-11 mess.

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