[Info-vax] c 7.3 - Why MAYLOSEDATA3 for long pointer math?

[dodecahedron99 at gmail.com]

On Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 4:19:44 AM UTC+11, Paul Sture wrote:
> On 2015-03-14, John Reagan <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Friday, March 13, 2015 at 11:16:58 PM UTC-4, Steven Schweda wrote:
> >

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> I don't know about this particular case, but the lack of patch access
> for Hobbyists could be a very real limiting factor for this kind of
> problem.
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Whilst I am appreciative of the Hobbyist program, not being able to keep my home systems up to date is annoying

I'd even be happy to pay a small fee per year for patch access on a delayed basis, say 2 months after initial release? (I'm just throwing this out as an idea)

At least I'd like to see some type of discussion around the whole Hobbyists program - I have yet to see any comment from VSI as to this program and what they wish to do with it. 
It's been invaluable to me just having a small system I can learn on and test simple things on. I don't know if this is part of the Hobbyist licence scheme or not but I also use my home system to test upgrades on and to sometimes try work related issues on to ensure I don't break my work systems (because I simply don't have systems at work to play with). 
Code (compiled or DCL) that is developed on my home system is never released back to work. This means I am able to learn about changes firsthand and bolster the image of VMS as being robust because I don't break the work systems. 
Yeah, some may say this is a violation of the Hobbyist program as it's a grey area but I think VMS's reputation gains more from me using the Hobbyist program this way than it would loose by shutting me out, so scold me if you must...

As an individual, I simply cannot justify the cost of a full support licence  but by the same token, I know that if we don't support VSI then VMS isn't going to be here tomorrow so striking a balance between what people can afford might be a good point to discuss?

Sorry for the diversion, I'll now return you to your regular programming (poor pun intended)...