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

[Rich Jordan]

On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 7:40:48 AM UTC-5, John E. Malmberg wrote:
> On 6/24/2019 7:30 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> > On 2019-06-23, Hans Bachner <hans at bachner.priv.at> wrote:
> >> Rich Jordan schrieb am 22.06.2019 um 17:11:
> >>> [snip]
> >>> Has _anyone_ received paks or received response on these in the past few weeks or months?
> >>
> >> I received hobbyist PAKs from openvmscustomerlab at hpe.com when I applied
> >> back in December last year.
> >>
> > 
> > I was last in touch with HPE VMS Engineering at the beginning of April.
> > I used the openvmscustomerlab email address.
> > 
> > Has _anyone_ received hobbyist licence PAKs within the last month ?
> 
> No, I requested access to the HPE Hobby download area on June 6.
> 
> I got a reply from Hari using the OpenVMS Customer Lab e-mail address on 
> June 12, with a note: "Sorry about the delay from my side."
> 
> Regards,
> -John

John
     are there any updates to the downloads?  New install kits with updates already installed or maybe access to any ECO kits that were not available a year or two ago (which is when I lasted downloaded the VMS ISOs)?

Thanks
Rich