28 Nov
2025
28 Nov
'25
2:49 p.m.
On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 07:26:38AM +1100, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote:
And even HP is a farce of a company now - a sad sad
shell compared to what
they were.
Who actually owns the software? Have we considered going to them and
asking? It worked for CP/M - which is now unencumbered.
It is owned by VMS Software Inc (VSI). (https://vmssoftware.com/)
It is highly unlikely that they will be willing to free old VAX versions of the VMS
software.
They apparently are doing well enough to be a viable company supporting existing VMS
installations.
They still even have Itanic & Alpha licenses available.
As well as Community Edition licenses, although those are only available on x86 now.