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

[Rich Jordan]

On Jan 26, 9:35 am, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderh... at telia.com>
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> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote 2012-01-26 10:39:
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> > MG wrote 2012-01-26 09:53:
> >> On 26-1-2012 1:01, ss wrote:
> >>> Spotted this onhttp://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.
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> >> 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.)
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> >> - MG
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> > Argh !
> > Just saw that my lics expired 23-JAN-2012...
> > And now what... ?
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> > Jan-Erik.
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> Problem solved. My system is now reloaded with fresh hobbyist
> licenses from HP lasting to 31-Jan-2013.
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> 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.
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> Before I had a separate DCL routine to read the supplied COM
> file and create an own COM file. No need for that anymore.
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> This was manualy handled and I got the impression that it is
> not the final solution.
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> Jan-Erik.

That command procedure sounds just like the method used to deliver
DSPP PAKs.