[Info-vax] Time to turn DECUServe into a mixed VMScluster?

[abrsvc]

On Friday, June 2, 2023 at 4:06:30 AM UTC-4, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> On Thu, 2023-06-01 at 19:48 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote: 
> > > It would be like saying that noone is allowed to create any new 
> > > software 
> > > for VMS on VAX. Which would be an extremely weird thing to claim. 
> > 
> > VSI could certainly create a chess game for VMS VAX or any 
> > other type of application without any complications. 
> > 
> > But clustering is pretty tightly integrated into VMS. 
> > 
> > I suspect that they may not be able to change the 
> > cluster protocol without releasing a new VMS version.
> I know DEC used to release the source code on microfiche. It should be 
> straightforward to scroll through the listings and see if your 
> assertion can be proved. 
> -- 
> Tactical Nuclear Kittens

Just for clarity:

VMS (and later OpenVMS) source LISTINGS were available on microfiche until V5.4-2.  After that the listings were on CD.
You could purchase sources on a separate license and those were available as well, but there were restrictions.  Some portions of VMS havenever been  available either as source or listings (licensing parts for example).  I am not aware of these listings being available for VSI versions though.

Dan