> On Nov 28, 2025, at 2:32 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
> On 28/11/2025 04:10, Chris Hanson via cctalk wrote:
>> On Nov 27, 2025, at 9:45 AM, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk<[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> Ok, so there basically isn't a truly legit and ethical way to run it as a
>>> hobbyist.
>> There is not a legal way to run it unless you acquired a perpetual license
>> to run it on that system before DEC/Compaq/HP stopped selling such licenses.
>>
>> Whether it is *moral* or *ethical* to run it is independent of whether it is
>> *legal* to run it, and a poor analogy such as one likening running it to
>> stealing a car will not help much in making up your own mind about such
>> things.
>>
>> — Chris
>
>> I worked for DEC for 10 years. They were the best company I ever worked for
>> or with
>> They were altruistic, kind and generous. They loaned out hardware and
>> software all the time.
>
> I am English and to an extent therefore somewhat can claim to have an
> indpendant view.
>
> Here I will make a non-detrimental comment.
>
> The US is dollar driven and uses its laws for business advantage when it
> can.
>
> The most famous British judge Lord Denning always said.
>
> "This is not a court of law but a place of justice, fairness and truth"
>
> DEC has (sadly) been gone for 25 years.
Technically that is not accurate. While DEC is no longer a standalone company,
its property still has an owner, but nowadays that's either VSI, HP, or XX2247
depending on which parts you're talking about.
paul
