[Info-vax] Does the HPE hobbyist program still exist ?, was: Re: VSI OpenVMS Hobbyist Program Announced.

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 6/25/19 2:58 AM, Tony Nicholson wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 12:04:27 PM UTC+10, Rich Jordan wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>> My first attempt was with my 6 digit DECUS number.  Second was the 4 digit number now shown by Connect.  Third was the DECUServe ID.  Last one won.  Since it is a human at the other end, maybe after doing the one he/she recognized the name and identical reason text so didn't respond to them.
>>
>> At least I can run my home box for another year.
>>
>> I hope HP does something for hobbyists when they discontinue this program so we can keep running our gear.
> 
> I had a private message from Hari at the OpenVMS Customer Lab.
> He was away on a well deserved trip to New Zealand for 2 weeks
> and hence the delay in processing requests.  He also added that
> at the moment there are no plans for HPE to close/exit the
> hobbyist program.
> 
> Tony
> 


Am I the only one that sees a Program that relies on one single
individual for its existence as problematic?  :-)

bill