[Info-vax] VMS survivability

[John Dallman]

In article <tsu5fl$fuk$5 at reader2.panix.com>,
cross at spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) wrote:
> In article <tst9dd$dhc4$1 at dont-email.me>,
> Arne Vajhøj  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> >It is not obvious to me why VMS being open source should
> >make it more attractive to develop open source on VMS.
> 
> It's prohibitively expensive to do so today.

Actually, it isn't. There's a no-cost level for ISVs, which should
include open source developers. You need your own hardware, of course,
but that's normal for open source development. 

https://videotape.com/about/partners/program/

This is of limited value until there are native compilers for x86-64, but
then it will allow open source development. 

John