28 Nov
2025
28 Nov
'25
3:20 p.m.
Ahhh,
A business built on supporting ancient, unobtainable hardware, hoping that
their clients will transition to x86.
Big companies are very slow to transition sometimes because the cost of
developing applications is too high.
Kindest regards,
Doug Jackson
em: doug(a)doughq.com
ph: 0414 986878
On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 at 07:55, Doug McIntyre via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
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.