On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Sure, and that makes sense. This means, of course, that making a good faith > attempt to get permission and then use the Google approach :-) is reasonable. > What isn't reasonable is a blanket assumption that anything that's even > mildly old is no longer something its owners care about. Some software does > have a long business life; consider CDC NOS, which dates back to the 1960s > but still had real world customers in the 21st century. In that case, when > the owner was asked politely, permission was given for hobbyist use under > certain restrictions, very much like we have seen with OpenVMS. Come to > think of it, OpenVMS is another example of software substantially older than > 7 years. > And GCOS. It started in 1962 as GECOS (the General Electric Comprehensive Operating Supervisor), and has an active user base, including companies offering support services. -- Charles
