[Info-vax] VMS survivability

[Michael Kraemer @ home]

Dan Cross wrote:
> In article <tsrr9q$5qhq$4 at dont-email.me>,
> Arne Vajhøj  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> 
>>On 2/18/2023 4:47 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
>>
>>>In article <tsrfpl$4bfn$2 at dont-email.me>,
>>>Arne Vajhøj  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 2/18/2023 4:01 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>In article <tsrdl6$4bfn$1 at dont-email.me>,
>>>>>Arne Vajhøj  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>But there are a few things to remember before
>>>>considering VSI going that path.
>>>>
>>>>1) Redhat is doing fine delivering support service. But
>>>>    they may have done even better if they could also have
>>>>    charged real license fees, but they cannot because
>>>>    they mostly did not create the products and the products
>>>>    are typical under GPL or LGPL. VSI can and do sell
>>>>    licenses.
>>>
>>>RedHat got started when the commercial Unix vendors, who did
>>>charge for software, were still in their prime.  Which among
>>>them are still selling licenses?
>>
>>Most of them are still selling. Oracle is selling Solaris.
>>IBM is selling AIX. HPE is selling HP-UX. HPE is not selling
>>Tru64.
> 
> 
> Literally every single one of those has been EOL'ed.
> Every. Single. One.

Latest release of AIX (7.3) was end 2021,
about one year ago.
And two years *after* IBM acquired RH.
Doesn't sound like EOL to me.