[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Hobbyist Program Announced.

[Martin Vorländer]

Terry Kennedy <terry-groups at glaver.org> wrote:
> John H. Reinhardt wrote:
>> <https://training.vmssoftware.com/hobbyist/?fbclid=IwAR2Fen_xpZ9EKGsI4ERi9Pzii-HJkwGXJLVNxLn97SDX7v5OTUnu2S9-NPQ>
>> 
>> 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.
>
> It might be the best thing since sliced bread, but since they
> apparently have a badly-broken SFTP server that dies after successful
> logins there's no way to tell.
> 
> In either case, entering a deliberately-incorrect password results in
> a re-prompt, so this looks like I'm "successfully" logging in and then
> the server is dying for some reason.

VSI announced (via a mailing list) that the SFTP server was under
maintenance on Friday and Saturday. This morning I got an email that
it is now available again.

cu,
Martin