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

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <hc7c78$6gr$1 at news.eternal-september.org>,
	Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
> On 2009-10-27, Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
>> In article <hc6v21$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 ?

Of course not.  Why would they?

> 
>>> 
>>> 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 ?

Not working for the SEC I can't answer that question.

> 
> 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 ?

Aak the people who are stilll trying to run Primes.

I know where you are going with this as I see it in the PDP-11 community
all the time.   There is no such legal concept as "abandonware".

bill

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