[Info-vax] VMS License Generator

[Michael Kraemer]

JF Mezei schrieb:

> Back in the 1960-1980s, nuclear bombs were seen as a deterrent that you
> never planned to use.  A self-generated PAK should be seen as the same
> way. HP knows we have that capability, and that gives HP the incentive
> to continue to support the hobbyist programme so that self generate PAKs
> remain unused and little known.

Comparing HP vs "the community" in cold war terms is quite a stretch.
If HP were *that* serious, they could simply terminate the hobbyist
program once and for all, revoke the issued licenses and after one
year (at latest) sue everybody still using VMS and not being
in their database of paying customers.