[Info-vax] VMS/L&T SIG Tapes: Call for Submissions

[Arne Vajhøj]

BillPedersen wrote:
> On Oct 25, 9:48 pm, Arne Vajhøj <a... at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>>> Instead of having 3 people collecting the same stuff they
>>>> could join forces and improve in other ways (like having
>>>> source, VAX binary, Alpha binary, I64 binary, ZIP, VMSINSTAL,
>>>> PCSI etc.).
> 
> It would make sense if we can really give people the full spectrum of
> applications on all systems.
> 
>>> Well, it's only 2; the VMS Freeware CD collection is defunct.  If you felt
>>> so passionate about this, you should have spoken up when there still was a
>>> Freeware CD.
>> I was not aware that the freeware CD was officially dead.
>>
> 
> The folks on the OpenVMS Team have said they are restructuring the
> Freeware environment.  They are not abandoning it to my knowledge.  In
> my discussions with them they are looking to get back to being able to
> offer individual packages rather than just CD images.

So HP could potentially be interested.

>> Single content does not mean single source. Other software distributions
>> are perfectly capable of providing the same stuff from dozens of HTTP
>> and FTP servers, torrents etc..
> 
> Having as many potential sources as possible makes it easier for
> interested parties.

And it ensures that the stuff is still available if someone drops
out.

Arne