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

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

joukj wrote 2012-01-26 10:40:
> Steven Schweda wrote:
>> On Jan 25, 6:01 pm, ss <m... at thisis.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> [...]
>>> 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.
>>
>> That sounds like the HP way. Disable the current working
>> system, and then start work on its replacement. I expect
>> this to turn out about as well as the switch-over to the new
>> (shiny) user-forum garbage-ware. Probably won't be able to
>> get new PAKs using a Web browser on a VMS system.
>
> Do not be too negative. I can confirm that HP already has the infra
> structure/knowledge how to do this:
>
> Part of my machines run on a educational license which I have to renew each
> year. It takes me a few mouse clicks every year on a HP-website and receive
> the packs in my E-mail-box. The whole procedure takes far less than one hour.
>
> Jouk

Is the licences you get comparable with the licences through
the Hobbyist program ? In particular compilers.

Jan-Erik.