[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

[David Goodwin]

On Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 1:33:03 PM UTC+12, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 7/21/2020 7:51 PM, Michael Moroney wrote:
> 
> > HPE still owns VAX/VMS. VSI has no rights to VAX/VMS. 
> 
> It's never pretty to see VSI-on-VSI violence, but I must disagree with my 
> esteemed colleague here.
> 
> Mike, we *do* have the rights (and the VAX master pack, including the
> Emerald builds) to produce a VSI version of OpenVMS VAX.
> 
> We have chosen not to do that; we don't want Reagan to retire.

Any chance of someone at VSI talking to their contacts at HPE to try and rescue the hobbyist program for VAX? Perhaps have something setup on Eisner to generate hobbyist licenses? Or just issue some non-expiring ones?

Would be a shame to see VAX VMS just disappear. I don't know running NetBSD on a VAX is nearly as interesting.