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: [email protected] ph: 0414 986878 On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 at 07:55, Doug McIntyre via cctalk < [email protected]> 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. >
