[Info-vax] HP Bringing the Hobbyist Program In-House

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Spotted this on http://www.openvmshobbyist.com/ 
Not much information right now but let's hope for the best! :-) Just
thought to post it here too. AFAICS it's bad news for those whose PAKs
will - just as mine - expire soon.


"HP has decided to take ownership of delivering licenses for Hobbyist
users, making it an official Customer Engagement function. As such,
Hobby Licenses will no longer be available through this site. Details
of the HP's delivery of licenses to Hobbyist Users is still under
development and I hope that they will have an announcement soon.

I've been involved and hosting licensing for the Hobbyist Program for
nearly 15 years. Hard to believe that it's been that long. And many of
you have been around since the beginning. Few products in this industry
have that kind of customer retention.

I'd really like to thank Pat Jankowiak and Mark Gorham for making the
Hobbyist Program possible. Sue Skonetski and Stephen Hoffman for all
their technical assistance over the years. Ian Miller, Bruce Claremont,
and John Malmberg for helping admin the site. Thanks to all the various
Chapters from around the world for their support. And of course, all
the Hobbyists who have enjoyed the program.

And of finally, I would like to thank my colleague, my friend, and the
Best Man at my wedding, John Wisniewski. He spent a lot of time
convincing the Digital VP's that this was a good thing.

Here's to another 15 years!
David Cathey aka HobbyistOne

REI"