[HECnet] HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

[Dave McGuire]

On 3/7/20 1:10 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
>>> The one, potentially scary thing, is the question of licenses for VAX.
>>> VSI didn't, as far as I can remember, formally take over the VAX side
>>> of things, which could mean that VAX people might be left out in the
>>> cold no matter what VSI does.
>>
>>   Many people have ways of generating working PAKs.  Those people,
>> whomever they happen to be, should try very hard to avoid impacting VSI's
>> business in any way.
> 
> This raises an interesting question in my mind:  
> 
> Does VSI view users/hobbyists using simulated VAXes or real legacy 
> hardware as a plus or minus to their business?  I sure hope it is a plus.

  You know, come to think of it, I hope it's a plus too.  I hadn't
thought about that.

  Suitly companies usually don't understand that concept, but they don't
seem terribly suitly to me.

            -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA