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

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote 2012-01-26 10:39:
> MG wrote 2012-01-26 09:53:
>> On 26-1-2012 1:01, ss wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> I'm not sure what to make of this. Like you, I keep on hoping for the
>> best. (My PAKs will expire in mid-April.)
>>
>> - MG
>
> Argh !
> Just saw that my lics expired 23-JAN-2012...
> And now what... ?
>
> Jan-Erik.

Problem solved. My system is now reloaded with fresh hobbyist
licenses from HP lasting to 31-Jan-2013.

Aprox 15 min from mailing back some system info I had the lics
as a COM file to run. This time as a complete COM file with
not only the LIC REGISTER commands but also the DIS/UNL/ENAB/LOAD
commands to clean up and activate the new licenses in one run.

Before I had a separate DCL routine to read the supplied COM
file and create an own COM file. No need for that anymore.

This was manualy handled and I got the impression that it is
not the final solution.

Jan-Erik.