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

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <qr226r$2nt$1 at dont-email.me>, "Robert A. Brooks"
<FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com> writes: 

> On 11/19/2019 9:52 AM, Hans Bachner wrote:
> 
> > And the probability that VSI will (be allowed to) issue licenses for 
> > DEC/CPQ/HP(E) versions of VMS is rather low imho.
> 
> The probability is exactly zero.

What is the probability that, as mentioned in the first conference call, 
VSI will have a hobbyist programme similar to that of HP at the time?  
When can we expect it to be set up?

At the same conference call, it was said that Alpha and x86 would be 
supported in the same cluster, at least for migration, so presumably 
there will be Alpha and x86 hobbyist licenses, or one which works for 
both, though perhaps only for some VSI version of Alpha VMS.

If HPE have just one guy doing the hobbyist licenses, it can't be that 
much work for VSI to set up.  Maybe someone here from the newsgroup 
would even volunteer to do it for free.

While I think that there should be a hobbyist license, it would be 
interesting to know if any other licenses will be affordable for typical 
hobbyists and/or if access to patches will be provided and if so for 
which type of licenses.