[Info-vax] Any stronger versions of the LMF planned ?, was: Re: LMF Licence Generator Code

Joukj joukj at hrem.nano.tudelft.nl
Wed Aug 11 07:40:34 EDT 2021


Dave Froble wrote:
> On 8/7/2021 7:35 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2021-08-07, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> It has occurred to me that VSI should have the opportunity to know who
>>> is using x86 VMS.  From the beginning, they implement some sort of
>>> reporting scheme.  For VMS to run, it has to check in with VSI.  There
>>> may be situations where such is not feasible, but, that can also be 
>>> handled.
>>>
>>
>> SOD THAT !!!!!
> 
> I didn't say it would be a good idea, it was just something I thought 
> of.  Something like that would have been much harder (or impossible) in 
> the 1970s and 1980s.  But today, the concept of always knowing who is 
> running VMS might be interesting.
> 
> Perhaps it would require all VSI employees to have a top secret clearance.
> 
> :-)
And probably they break the European privacy laws.

           Jouk



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