[Info-vax] Trying to build a case for Benefit of OpenVMS Hobbyist Program being beneficial to HP

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In article <4ec5bbdd$0$28370$607ed4bc at cv.net>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Ro=DFert_G=2E_Schaffrath=22?= <rschaffrath at yahoo.com> writes:
>On 11/17/2011 2:51 PM, Doug Phillips wrote:
>> Why was the Hobbyist program started in the first place? I'm sure
>> someone saw the benefit and made its case or we would never have had
>> such a thing. The same arguments that were made then still apply.
>
>That would have been John Wisniewski who was a VMS Ambassador and got 
>the program rolling.  Sadly he passed away in 2004.  We were colleagues 
>briefly back in the 1980's working for Hamilton Computers.  I was with 
>the Chinese division in New Jersey and he was with the domestic division 
>in Dallas.  Gave me my first internals book and a TK50 loaded with 
>interesting tools.

I believe it was Pat Jankoviak who planted the seeds for the VMS Hobbyist
program.

Sad about John.  Great guy.
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