[Info-vax] Ask the Wizard archives?

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2019-05-24 kl. 09:55, skrev gérard Calliet:
> Le 24/05/2019 à 09:49, gérard Calliet a écrit :
>> Le 24/05/2019 à 09:06, Mark Daniel a écrit :
>>> On 24/5/19 11:59 am, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>> On 5/23/2019 7:12 PM, Mark Daniel wrote:
>>>>> On 24/5/19 8:12 am, John E. Malmberg wrote:
>>>>>> On 5/23/2019 8:53 AM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>>>>>>> On 5/23/2019 6:43 AM, Mark Daniel wrote:
>>>>>>>> Interesting business model.  Seems almost everyone else in the
>>>>>>>> online-age makes (perhaps non-NDA) information available gratis.  We
>>>>>>>> all understand that VSI is over-time and probably over-budget but
>>>>>>>> it's difficult to imagine there's any money (even indirectly) in the
>>>>>>>> likes of "Ask the Wiz" reboots.  Or have I misunderstood "VSI direct
>>>>>>>> support customers"?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can you read the below article?  I cannot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3544911
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Easy fix:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2016/03/31/no-cost-rhel-developer-subscription-now-available/ 
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Similar may be an element of the VSI OpenVMS Hobbyist Program...
>>>>
>>>> There is already a VSI developer's program ...
>>>
>>> Web searching
>>>
>>>      vsi openvms developer program
>>>      vsi openvms hobbyist program
>>>
>>> doesn't turn up anything obvious, nor do the pages
>>>
>>>      https://www.vmssoftware.com/news.html
>>>      https://www.vmssoftware.com/about_faq.html
>>>
>>> and not mentioned on the roadmap
>>>
>>>      https://www.vmssoftware.com/pdfs/VSI_Roadmap_20190121.pdf
>>>
>>>
>> And about 750 $ fees, and you have to be agreed by Eddie Orcutt.
>> Not very incentive.
> (750 $ / year)

And where have you found that information?

I do not see $750/year as an issue for a developer program.
For a hobbyist maybe, but not for a professional...