[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Hobbyist Program Announced.

[Rich Jordan]

On Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 1:42:20 AM UTC-5, Tony Nicholson wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 10:51:17 AM UTC+10, Rich Jordan wrote:
> > 
> > Is the HP hobbyist pak request page still connected?  It is still there;   I submitted a request last week, got the auto response but nothing since.  If this is the last year I can use my Alphaserver, then I want to get those paks sooner rather than later.
> 
> I submitted a request last week (since my Hobbyist PAKs expire on July 6th. 2019) via https://www.hpe.com/h41268/live/index_e.aspx?qid=24548 and have only received the "Thank you for contacting HP" acknowledgement.
> 
> I've just e-mailed the OpenVMS Customer Lab at HPE to check the status of my request (using an email address given with last year's PAKs) and will report back if I get a response.
> 
> I see on http://www.vmssoftware.com/news.html under "HPE to stop selling
> VSI OpenVMS Products" a mention of HPE product support for OpenVMS ending
> on June 30th, 2019.  I hope they haven't shut up shop early.

Thanks, I look forward to hearing their response.

Terry, I was aware of the 'leave no field blank' issue. and did enter info into that field; in fact it was the same thing my browser remembered entering on that page last year.   I hope for a response...