At 03:09 PM 4/16/01 -0700, Chuck McManis wrote:
>Whenever something related to RT-11, RSX-11, or PDP-11s happens visibly, the lawyer will fire off a letter threatening suit and that activity will stop (or perhaps generate a bit of revenue). I know a couple of corporations that have made it to this state and unfortunately there is no way to "fix" them, except by paying said lawyer an immense amount of money and then releasing the intellectual property yourself.
That's where the UCSD p-System is today. UCSD made a number of non-exclusive
licenses to companies over the years, but almost all of them have
disappeared or this asset has been disregarded. One, Cabot in the UK,
http://www.cabot.co.uk/ has a p-System-based approach for set-top boxes
that they introduced when Java hit the scene. They were pitching
the p-System's p-codes as an alternative to Java.
On a more classic note, I just received an e-mail from a guy who says
that every Lenscrafter store runs an RS/6000 with a p-System app
derived from an Apple IIe app he wrote back in 1987, but it will
soon be replaced with a Delphi equivalent on PCs.
- John
Received on Tue Apr 17 2001 - 09:08:36 BST