[Info-vax] Open source usage, Was Python and various libraries updated

[Dave Froble]

On 8/13/2020 7:17 AM, John Dallman wrote:
> In article <hpkfofFab0vU1 at mid.individual.net>,
> gerard.calliet at pia-sofer.fr (gérard Calliet) wrote:
>
>> VSI doesn't help encouraging collaboration on Open Source, and
>> thinks there is not sufficient strength outside that can be usefull,
>
> The most important thing, by far, in getting open source work to happen
> on VMS is getting the x86-64 port out and working. With that, people can
> run VMS on commonplace hardware.
>
> Emulation is slow and unsatisfying to someone who is new to VMS. Alpha
> machines are rare and old, and Itanium became a bad joke outside the VMS
> community.
>
> John
>

And an even worse joke inside the VMS community ....

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