[Info-vax] Fieldtest of 8.4.

[IanMiller]

On Sep 19, 8:26 pm, IanMiller <g... at uk2.net> wrote:
> On Sep 19, 6:52 pm, H Vlems <hvl... at freenet.de> wrote:
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> > On Sep 17, 2:31 am, Arne Vajhøj <a... at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
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> > > Bob Koehler wrote:
> > > > In article <mp5sm.11621$U5.154... at newsb.telia.net>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan-Erik_S=F6derholm?= writes:
> > > >>http://preview.tinyurl.com/r6ynpt
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> > > >    I wonder if they'd take a participant as a Hobbyist instead of via
> > > >    DSPP?
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> > > >    All I need is the binaries, including compatable layered products.
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> > > Why not ask them?
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> > > It is rather cheap to send an email!
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> > > And it would make some sense anyway. Hobbyists are
> > > much more likely to be willing to upgrade and see
> > > how it works than production which will wait
> > > until it is seen stable and development which
> > > will wait until production starts talking about it.
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> > > Arne
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> > Amen Arne.
> > Besides, I think that hobbyists sometimes run lots of older versions
> > of VMS so backwards compatibility is easily tested.
> > It is not uncommon to run a cluster set up with systems that use a
> > combination of unsupported but otherwise functioning VMS versions.
> > Hans
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> > PS
> > Where do I apply?
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> openvms.programs at hp is always a good place to  start

However I found this bit

"If you would like to participate in V8.4 field test, we request your
response by September 21, 2009.

Thanks for your continued commitment on OpenVMS. We look forward for
your participation in the OpenVMS 8.4 Field Test.

Thanks,
Srinivas Krishnamurthy (OpenVMSFieldTestOps at hp)
John Egolf (John.Egolf at hp)