[Info-vax] State of the OpenVMS hobbyist program?

[kammerer001 at gmail.com]

понедельник, 18 ноября 2019 г., 4:49:47 UTC+5 пользователь Simon Clubley написал:
> On 2019-11-17, IanD <iloveopenvms at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Perhaps advance on from the Vax to an alpha?
> >
> > https://training.vmssoftware.com/hobbyist/
> >
> > It's more limited compared to the HP hobbyist program that used to include clustering as well but it's at least something from VSI after a long wait
> >
> 
> Can you load a new licence into your existing version of the kit
> (hence preserving your custom configuration) or are you expected to
> customise a new system disk from scratch whenever the VSI licences expire ?
> 
> I asked that question here but never got an answer from VSI other than
> it was aimed as a student learning kit and not as a traditional
> experienced VMS hobbyist environment.
> 
> Simon.
> 
> -- 
> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
> Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.

Simon,

The only way one can use the licenses provided by the student kit is to use them with the emulator. So if you extract or copy them either way, you are still only allowed to install and continue using them with FreeAXP in non-commercial purposes. In other words, you can extract the paks if you want to, but it is only officially allowed in case you want to activate your already fully installed and configured training environment so that you don't need to configure it once again.

As for the hobbyist program, indeed, plans for one are currently being discussed by VSI but this student kit will be available no matter what decision is ultimately taken.

Yours respectfully,

Maxim Megalinskiy

VSI Training Team