[HECnet] HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

[Thomas DeBellis]

OK, now I've got it.  I believe this reverse-engineering may have also 
happened for TSU's on the 36 bit line.  It is now specifically outlawed 
by the Digital Millennium Act, but that hackery undoubtedly predated 
it.  One assumes that it was contractually precluded.

But I still find this particular financial speculation compelling; cash 
flow in new (younger than a decade) small companies can be a significant 
driver for certain kinds of decisions unless they are prodigiously 
funded (perhaps by VC). OpenVMS x86_64 may or may not generate a certain 
amount of revenue; there is clearly risk there.  However, right now, 
it's not generating _anything_, is costing resources and hhas yet to be 
delivered.

Hence it follows that a bean counter might be looking around for, you 
know, beans...  That could also drive actions on discovery of non-VSI 
issued PAK's.  I do not have an informed opinion on PAK tracking nor VSI 
funding, VC or otherwise.

On 3/7/20 2:07 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On 3/7/20 2:04 PM, Thomas DeBellis wrote:
>> I guess I must be confused and have been unclear.  If the PAK isn't VSI
>> generated, isn't that the same thing?
>    Semantics..
>
>> I had been thinking reverse
>> engineering the PAK, but didn't state that as Ihad been musing that
>> stubs could be easier.
>    But reverse-engineering the PAKs has already been done, decades ago.
>
>              -Dave
>
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