[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

[Scott Dorsey]

Alice Wyan  <finitud at gmail.com> wrote:
>If I understand the situation correctly, HPE is completely dropping support=
> for VAX VMS, but the rights haven't been transferred to VSI. This means st=
>arting next year VMS on the VAX is essentially abandoned.

Yes.

>If HPE is no longer going to be making money out of it, what would be stopp=
>ing them from selling it/give the rights away to, say, a hobbyist collectiv=
>e that could be set up to preserve this system? I guess there'd be quite a =
>legal mess of rights behind the old code, but... would it be a doable thing=
>? What sort of money could we be talking about to get this sort of transfer=
> done?

Nobody knows.  Nobody even has a clue.  Write a paper letter to HPE's legal
department and ask.
--scott
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