[Info-vax] VMS survivability

[Dan Cross]

In article <k5ea4nF3u82U1 at mid.individual.net>,
Michael Kraemer @ home <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> wrote:
>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.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/17/unix_is_dead/

	- Dan C.