[HECnet] discontinuance of VMS

[Tony Blews]

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:
I cant say I'm exactly shocked. HP are 8n serious trouble and are shedding stuff to try and stop sinking.

Well if they stopped trying to sell those awful "not quite a tablet and not quite a laptop computers" that seem to be advertised every advert break on British TV and maybe made printers that didn't require inks that cost roughly the same per weight as saffron, they might stand a chance.
  
I wonder when Hobbyist licenses will cease issuing...

Sadly it is unlikely that should that happen they'd go for the "as you can't be arsed with it, we'll take care of it" ploy.