[Info-vax] Error installing DECSet

[Antonio Duran]

On Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 9:05:03 PM UTC+1, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2018-12-19 17:24:07 +0000, Antonio Duran said:
> 
> > Totally agree. I went through the whole process to get a legit hobbyist 
> > license and I got it. Then, I received an E-mail from OpenVMS Customer 
> > Lab <openvmscustomerlab at hpe.com> containing a link and a username and 
> > password for downloading the OpenVMS software 
> > (https://ftp.ext.hpe.com/hprc). I believed that it was a legitimate web 
> > site but now I doubt it.
> > Is that a rogue site?
> 
> If the HPE site is where you got it, then the folks that created that 
> media are seemingly either unfamiliar with OpenVMS and its operations, 
> or something in their tooling and testing went sideways.  If there was 
> an ISO-9660 step involved somewhere and that truncated the filenames, I 
> don't know why.  OpenVMS has very old and very limited support for 
> ISO-9660, and OpenVMS doesn't use that format for its layered product 
> distros.  (I'm here ignoring the use of dual-format ISO-9660 El Torito 
> media on OpenVMS I64, as the ISO-9660 El Torito path is not the path 
> that OpenVMS accesses and loads its layered product software 
> distribution kits.)
> 
> 
> 
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> Pure Personal Opinion | HoffmanLabs LLC

Stephen,

I don't know why you are implying that I'm using pirated software. I do have an OpenVMS hobbyist license and I do download the software from the site where the people from HPE directed me to do so. I actually don't mind whether or not you believe me but through the last 30+ years I've made my living developing software, products and services so I do know the value of intelectual property.

I don't want to put the blame on the guys at HPE or others. The only thing that I truly want is to know what I'm doing wrong. That is, no more no less. Implicitly accusing me of using pirated softeare is not helpful at all.

Anyway, thanks and buenos días (with an 'o' and an 'í')

Antonio