[HECnet] HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

[David Cooper]

Part of this hobby is keeping old hardware, OS's and software running.  It's
sometimes hard.  This is just one more obstacle of many.  It's what
separates the serious collectors from the casual.  Like life, OS's find a
way to survive.



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From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On Behalf Of
Dave McGuire
Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2020 8:50 AM
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

On 3/7/20 6:58 AM, Johnny Billquist 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.

              -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA