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

[Dave Froble]

On 6/9/2019 3:55 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2019-06-09 19:18:06 +0000, Dave Froble said:
>
>> And, just to emphasize, anyone who has read my past posts should
>> realize I'm not one of those fans of open source.
>
> We're increasingly dependent on open-source even within closed-source
> environments, and there's little reason to think that trend will change.
>
> VSI is heavily dependent on open-source for their VSI OpenVMS product, too.
>
> Closed source shares many of the same issues as open source, and with a
> more constrained set of maintainers.
>
> There've been great maintainers and great stewards of closed-source
> code.  And there've been some atrocious ones.  Same for open-source code.
>
> One of the major differences between closed- and open-licensed code is
> one additional option for end-users, should the commercial provider
> become... problematic.
>
> As an example of this, I'd wager you weren't fond of the situation after
> then-HP announced the end of OpenVMS, and that HPE is now delivering on,
> right?  Prior to VSI de-cloaking, that is.
>
>

You know I wasn't, and you are right about the ability to continue with 
a product, if it's possible for others to develop it.

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