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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/28/2012 8:05 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 1/28/2012 7:34 PM, Bob Eager wrote:
>> On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:53:59 -0600, Bob Koehler wrote:
>>
>>> In article<4f21f178$0$2326$c3e8da3$460562f1 at news.astraweb.com>, JF
>>> Mezei<jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>>>>
>>>> Did you just get some text email, or did you get the licences ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In other words, is this a placeholder page for now, or did they install
>>>> the software that Montagar had developped along with the database of
>>>> existing licenses and is fully functional ?
>>>
>>> I got licenses. More than I used to get. The authorization field is
>>> based on a different pattern than the ones Montager had provided.
>>> That's not exactly a big issue for the end user.
>>
>> It may be a manual system right now, but...
>>
>> I applied about half an hour ago. Got an acknowledgement email
>> immediately, and an email containing a load of PAKs within 10 minutes.
>
> It took about half a day for me.
>
> But the process is definitely working.

Neither highend IBM stuff nor highend SUN stuff was cheap
either.

I am not sure price was the only factor.

Arne