[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

[Dave Froble]

On 7/25/2020 12:52 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 7/25/20 9:53 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> 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
>>
>>
>
> Something otherwise has been stated.  VSI has the rights, just not the
> interest.
>
> I would have hoped the interest could be found if only for historical
> reasons, but I suspect too many people want to see the VAX just fade
> into obscurity like so much else of our history.

Like Christopher Columbus, and others?  Washington?  Jefferson?

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