[HECnet] Any interest in Alpha software/documentation from March 2003?

Rob Jarratt robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com
Sun Dec 4 14:09:38 PST 2011


I would much prefer it if we didn't take risks with the hobbyist programme.
I agree that this material should not appear on the web.

Regards

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE]
On Behalf Of Sampsa Laine
Sent: 04 December 2011 22:13
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Any interest in Alpha software/documentation from
March 2003?

Sure. But a discreet http site which is not published will go under the
radar.

Just my 2 cents

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On 3 Dec 2011, at 18:54, Steve Davidson <jeep at scshome.net> wrote:

As long as VMS continues to bring in money, HP *will* notice.   Let's
not give them a reason to change the hobbyist program in a way that
hurts us all.   This is clearly a case of better safe than sorry...

-Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE
[mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of hvlems at zonnet.nl
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 16:28
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Any interest in Alpha software/documentation
from March 2003?

Notice? Is there anyone left at HP who recognises VMS as a product HP
owns?

-----Original Message-----
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Alpha software/documentation from March   2003?

Steve,

As long as we keep the links to ourselves I doubt HP will even notice.

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On 2 Dec 2011, at 04:54, Steve Davidson <jeep at scshome.net> wrote:



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE
[mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Gregg Levine
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 23:38
To: hecnet at update.uu.se
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Any interest in Alpha software/documentation
from March 2003?

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:05 PM, Marc Chametzky
<marc at bluevine.net>
wrote:
My vote would be to put them online within HECnet.

I agree! Put the contents online (somehow) for us to
view and use
when possible.


Okay, I'll do that then. I've copied the CDs to .iso
files and now
need to get my Linux system to get a bit more room to
hold them and
then once that's reconfigured, I'll mount them on DUSTY::
(and send
out a message when that's done to let everyone know where it is).


I will happily rip and host the CD images for HECnet
member use - I
run a data center, so I have plenty of bandwidth to spare.
I'll even
pay for shipping if required.


Thanks very much for the offer, Ian, but I've got a very decent
Internet connection here (all hail, Verizon FiOS :-) ), so once I
resize my Linux disk to hold these files, I'll be set.

--Marc

Hello!
Marc for those of us who as yet do not have access via the
networking
methods that you've worked out with the rest of the group, can you
set up access for normal methods? IE, via FTP or even HTTP?

-----
Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com "This signature
fought the Time
Wars, time and again."


Marc,

We need to be careful about putting VMS kits in the public space.
It's one thing to make them available for HECnet users
within HECnet
but another to put them accessible to the whole world.   HP might
(probably will), take a very dim view of this.   Let's not temp fate
and give them ammunition to shutdown the program.

-Steve



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