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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2009-10-27, Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
> 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?
>

Like, did Mentec make a decision to release RSX-11 to the community ?

>> 
>> 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.
>

Does Mentec US still exist as an entity ?

What I thinking when I asked the above question was: did Mentec US stop
all operations at the time RSX-11 sales and maintainence was stopped,
or did they just drop the RSX-11 line and continue with other operations ?

If they don't exist anymore, what does US law say about the ownership of
any corporate assets like RSX-11 when a company is dissolved ?

Simon.

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