[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Hobbyist Program Announced.

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 6/14/2019 8:40 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 6/14/19 6:40 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 6/14/2019 9:20 AM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
>>> To be blunt, this is a huge step down from the HP program for us that 
>>> have our own compatible hardware and want to run it 24/7 or at least 
>>> not have to redo the license every 180 days.
>>>
>>> I really hope this is not the last word on VSI Hobbyist licenses.
>>
>> The page clearly state "Student" several times.
> 
> Then they should have said it was an EDU Program rather than a
> Hobbyist Program.

Wasn't EDU for formal education?

This says student but does not specify any formal requirements to
qualify.

>> It makes perfect sense to me that VSI prioritize making VMS available
>> for new users over making VMS available to the classic hobbyist crowd.
>>
>> There is simply more business opportunities in getting some 25 yo's to
>> try boot and login to VMS than to provide free VMS licenses to
>> some people that as a hobby play with 10/20/30/40 yo HW.
> 
> This won't cut it.  The largest majority of my students before I
> retired were running Macs, not Windows.  That  number has probably
> gone up rather than down.  And that was with free Windows licenses
> available to any student who wanted one.  All the Professors but
> 2 had Macs.

In general it is probably a bit more mixed with Windows, Linux and
Mac.

But Mac should not be a problem. Parallels Desktop.

Arne