[Info-vax] Access to HP OpenVMS Patches...

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

BillPedersen wrote 2013-12-22 23:45:
> On Sunday, December 22, 2013 5:29:33 PM UTC-5, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> On 2013-12-22 22:06:28 +0000, BillPedersen said:
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>>> Over the years there have been questions and queries about this but
>>> it
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>>> does not seem like anyone has really moved forward on this so I
>>> did.
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>>> ...
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>>> Feel free to come back with questions and or comments.
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>> Interesting.  Thanks.  Seems licensing has changed yet again?   Used
>> to
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>> be that you had to acquire the license when you acquired the
>> hardware,
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>> and from a vendor that was an HP reseller; you simply couldn't get a
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>> license a la carte.  The only other option available was the HP
>> license
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>> transfer mechanism, which had a one-time fee to move over all the
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>> licenses that the system you've just purchased was originally
>> acquired
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>> with.
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>> Though it's referenced in the text you've posted, that Itanium
>> license
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>> is a per-core license.  You'll need four of those licenses for an
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>> rx2660-class box with two dual-core processors, if you want to use
>> all
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>> four cores.
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>> Pure Personal Opinion | HoffmanLabs LLC
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> Yes, that is true if you are buying the license for being able to run
> the system.  You can use either Hobbyist or AllianceONE licenses instead
> for the actual running of the system

Yes, as an hobbyist. But that is maybe what your are thinking about (?).

  - but these licenses do not qualify
> for support - you need the actual purchased license for support.
>
> One can have a small system in the corner - for instance - that is
> licensed for support and upon which you "duplicate" the problem - if you
> are submitting a support case...
>

But that "small" system will also be the only one you can use
commercially. What would you do with the other (larger?) systems?
Port OSS ?


> The important thing about this is it gets information out in front of
> people so they can now "make a decision" rather than grouse about the
> lack of information and continue to wonder how to do it or how much it
> will cost - or not cost for that matter.
>
> Thanks for the comments, Steve!
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> Bill.
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