[Info-vax] VSI presentations today.

[Dave Froble]

On 4/11/2019 8:19 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2019-04-10, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:

>>> The interesting question is what happens to the VAX hobbyists ?
>>>
>>> VSI can't release anything associated with VAX...
>>
>> Have you asked? But yes, it might very well be that all hobbyist
>> efforts are targeting x86. Fine by me...
>>
>
> No, I haven't asked. My comments are based on multiple public postings
> from VSI employees about VAX/VMS.

I've thought about this a  bit more.

Don't know if everyone would agree, but, since VSI is intending on 
having a hobbyist program, they could approach HPe about "taking over" 
the HPe program.

I'm sure HPe would like to get rid of the thing.

Not really any more trouble for VSI.

Now, whether VSI wishes to do so might be another issue.

If I was setting up the VSI hobbyist program, which I'm not doing so, 
I'd just have a download site for all the products, allowing anyone to 
download "stuff", and if PAKs are required, automate it so no work by 
VSI is required.  Set it up once, and forget it, with addition of new 
VSI products the only ongoing work.

That does lead into the concept of a "demo disk", which is more a 
marketing thing than a hobbyist thing.


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