[Simh] HP/UX

[Clem cole]

Yes. I very much aware. A number of my friends and former coworkers are over there. 

Sent from my PDP-7 Running UNIX V0 expect things to be almost but not quite. 

> On Oct 10, 2016, at 5:37 PM, Jeremy Begg <jeremy at vsm.com.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi Clem,
> 
> Somewhat off-thread but I felt the need to reply ...
> 
>> On 11 Oct 2016, at 1:12 am, Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:
>> ...
>> Also be careful about HP being "generous" with the old DEC technology, such as OpenVMS.    That was started before HP became the owners.  Fortunately, HP (and I assume now HPE) has continued it.   We can only hope the desire is not lost, but the farther we go away from the source of those decisions, the less ability to get them continued - although hard for them to "take away" as so many hobbyist licenses are in the wild.  
> 
> I agree 100% with your comments re the "generosity" of HP.  Despite the intentions of some within HP, OpenVMS development continued (in a limited way), and a new business - not part of HP - has taken up the reigns.
> 
> VMS Software Inc., based in Bolton MA, has produced 3 releases of OpenVMS for Itanium and one for Alpha in the last 18 (?) months and is now working on porting OpenVMS to the x86 architecture.
> 
> The OpenVMS roadmap can be found on their website www.vmssoftware.com.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jeremy Begg
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