[Info-vax] VSI licencing policy (again), was: Re: VSI has a new CEO

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 8/9/21 11:36 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 8/8/2021 11:41 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>> I suggested on one of VSI’s YouTube videos that they rearchitect VMS
>> on top of a Linux kernel. That should simplify the job immensely,
>> since Linux already runs on essentially every major processor
>> architecture still in existence.
> But would VMS userland on top of a Linux kernel
> be VMS?
> 

I agree.  If you're going to run on VMS run on VMS. If you're
going to run on linux, run on linux.

> And is the porting effort really mostly kernel?

Mostly is a matter of opinion.  Without the kernel none of the
layered products really matter.  Linux already has a userland
that does all the stuff necessary to run an IS.  The advantage
VMS is in VMS.

> 
> I suspect NO and NO.

bill