[Info-vax] Posts

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/22/2024 9:34 AM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> On Wed, 2024-05-22 at 12:19 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> Another reason could be that many VMS systems have reached the end
>> of their life and, for various reasons, many have now been replaced
>> with non-VMS solutions.
>>
>> VMS is clearly in a managed decline situation, but the real question
>> is just how rapid is that decline before there isn't a large enough
>> userbase left to remain viable ?
> 
> When it gets to that point I /really/ would like them to put it into
> the public domain and let us the hackers add drivers and other things
> to run it bare metal.

That idea has come up numerous times.

Most believe that it is totally impossible.

VSI does not own the rights to all of VMS. VSI has a license
from HPE for the old parts of VMS and own the right to the
new parts of VMS that they have added.

The chance of getting HPE to approve open sourcing the stuff
they own are close to zero. Only cost - no benefits.

Arne