[Info-vax] C99 stuff (Re: The Road to V9.0)

[Scott Dorsey]

Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
>In article <qdekim$g31$1 at dont-email.me>, "Robert A. Brooks"
><FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com> writes: 
>
>> > [...] I've seen little evidence
>> > even the new code VSI has written for VMS will be open sourced. 
>> 
>> It's not going to happen; give it up.
>
>Not only will it not happen, there is no reason it should happen.

The great thing about open source software is that anyone can freely change
it and distribute it.  The horrible thing about it is that anyone can freely
change it and distribute it.

The thing about VMS was that it was closed, meaning that it was stable and 
you wouldn't suddenly discover one day that in order to keep support you would
have to be using some systemd or gnome3 craziness.  But, although closed,
actual support was available and source was available if you were willing to
pay for it.  This is the best of all possible situations for companies 
looking to run systems over a long term.
--scott

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