[Info-vax] [OT] RSX-11, was: Re: Comment on the future of OpenVMS

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <hc6v21$uir$1 at news.eternal-september.org>,
	Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
> On 2009-10-26, Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
>>  
>> Formal announcement is not necessary for the death of a product.
>> For example, when was the death of RSX-11 formally announced?
>> (as of about a year ago all formal sales and maintenance were stopped.)
>>
> 
> Interesting.
> 
> Did Mentec US do anything with the rights to RSX-11 at that time ?

Like what?

> 
> If not, given that Mentec US appears to no longer exist, who owns
> RSX-11 now ?

Mentec.  Just because they choose to not market or sell the product
doesn't mean they somehow cease to own it.

bill

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