[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

[John Dallman]

In article <rfrqpc$1vee$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, arne at vajhoej.dk (Arne Vajhøj)
wrote:

> And in this particular case we actually know that the code do have 
> value - some of the VMS VAX code is used in VMS Alpha, Itanium and 
> x86-64.

And there are almost certainly security bugs in VAX VMS that have been
inherited by x86-64. Releasing the source makes it easier for bad actors
to find them; this is a significant worry with products transitioning
from closed to open source. 

John