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   Robert A. Brooks to Simon Clubley   
   Re: SDL, SDLC, PL/I (was Re: VMS Pascal    
   06 Jan 25 09:46:55   
   
   From: FIRST.LAST@vmssoftware.com   
      
   On 1/6/2025 08:38, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > On 2025-01-04, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I tried installing 2.3 on VMS Alpha.   
   >>   
   >> And the installation procedure attempts to send an   
   >> email to him at hp.com.   
   >>   
   >> Unusual!   
   >>   
   >   
   > Not really. The guy was just ahead of his time. :-)   
      
   That mechanism was pretty common within DEC in the '80's and 90's for internal   
   software, so developers could keep track   
   of who was using it.   
      
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