[Info-vax] OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <r483gv$mmn$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
<davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes: 

> > In a few months, I'll have more time than I do now.  I've used LaTeX
> > for a long time.  It was written by a DEC employee.  Many later
> > developers used VMS.  But a modern distribution won't build out of the
> > box on VMS.  I'd certainly be willing to donate a substantial amount of
> > time to getting it up and running on VMS on x86 (Alpha probably isn't
> > worth the effort; older versions are fine for many things), but that
> > would mean that license costs to me would have to be reasonable.
> >
> 
> For such a purpose, perhaps a developer license from VSI would be more 
> appropriate?

When I have the time, I'll approach them and see what is possible.  If 
not for me, then for others rumours of what might and might not be 
possible might play a role.