Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 13:39:07 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Eldridge <diz@cafes.net> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lynx test / 2nd attempt Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10012071336550.11294-100000@mail.cafes.net> In-Reply-To: <20001207194901.D842@freebie.demon.nl>
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On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 09:26:48AM -0600, Mike Eldridge wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Dec 2000 wkb@freebie.demon.nl wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > > Zero, without access to SRM sources. > > > > > > > > > > Gee, Mike, that's quite a lashing tongue you have. :) > > > > > > > > > > What's to stop anyone from writing their own SRM? Reverse engineering? > > > > > Is it against the license? Does SRM even have a license? > > > > > > > > It's one of those "if you have to ask" questions, really. > > > > > > Absolutely ;) SRM is a closely guarded secret even within DEC/CPQ. > > > And yes, it is licensed. Even if you had the source code you would have > > > to use VMS to build the code 8) > > > > Figures. :) > > VMS on Alpha of course. Oh yeah, duh =P > > On the bright side, if you had the source, a local community college here > > still runs VMS on VAX. There are DEC vt100, vt220, vt300, vt320, and > > We call that a museum. They aren't exactly on the technological edge, they are mostly a nursing school, but the system still works fairly well. I think it's kinda silly, but whatever. :) Mike ----------------------------------------------------- Save the whales. Feed the hungry. Free the mallocs. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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