[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 7/25/20 10:57 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2020-07-25 kl. 15:53, skrev Scott Dorsey:
>> Bill Gunshannon  <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 7/21/20 5:26 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>>> <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> So, Ok, would Bob be willing and able to produce the new version?  
>>>>> Would
>>>>> someone provide him with the resources to do so?  Would someone 
>>>>> host the
>>>>> distribution and PAKs and whatever else?
>>>>
>>>> Why should VSI be involved at all?  If I understand things correctly,
>>>> HPE could take that dollar.  VSI isn't in the VAX picture at all.
>>>
>>> Because HPE is no longer in the picture at all.  VSI is the only
>>> game in town.
>>
>> But VSI has no rights to any of the Vax distributions.  They did not 
>> purchase
>> that from HP.  HP continues to own it, but has no interest in it.
>> --scott
>>
>>
> 
> That is not what Robert Brooks wrote some days ago:
> 
> "...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...".
> 
> I read that as that VSI has as much "rights" to the VAX sources as
> as they have had all then time to the Alpha sources. But on general
> request that *did* chose to build a "VSI Alpha" kit. I guess there
> simply is no business case to build a "VSI VAX" kit.
> 

But there is a  historical case.  I just figure it will never provide
enough weight for it to happen.  Even with the volunteer offers to do
the actual work.

bill