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In article <902@sibyl.eleceng.ua.OZ> ian@sibyl.OZ (Ian Dall) writes:

> Companies go broke, even those that stay in business stop supporting
> products. Have you tried to run any TOPS 10 programs lately?).

It is quite common for small software companies to place their sources
in escrow against the possibility of bankruptcy or the death of critical
founders, so that licensees have recourse in case of disaster.  It's
obviously inferior to do your own support instead of having somebody
else do it, but at least it protects you.

And BTW, I'll bet $100 that there are at least 10 TOPS-10 installations
still running in the continental US, not including those operated by DEC.

> Anyone
> want to place bets on how much longer VMS will be supported? (I'd
> guess 5 years at the outside).

You've got a taker, Ian.  Name your number, the higher the better.  I say
at least 5 years, you get 5 years or less.
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	Geoff Kuenning	geoff@la.locus.com	geoff@ITcorp.com