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

[Hans Bachner]

Arne Vajhøj schrieb am 20.11.2019 um 02:06:
> On 11/19/2019 10:57 AM, Alexander Schreiber wrote:
>> Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>>> On 2019-11-19, Alexander Schreiber <als at usenet.thangorodrim.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So, be patient, it might take a few days, but you'll get your
>>>> hobbyist license, which has a 13 month lifetime. Adding a note
>>>> to my calender to update the license a year from now ;-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Be aware that HPE support for VMS ends at the end of 2020 and
>>> therefore it is expected that the HPE hobbyist program will end
>>> at the same time, if not before.
>>
>> *eek*
>>
>> I wasn't aware of that (but then I don't wrangle VMS for a living).
>> The hobbyist licenses I got issued have "TERMINATION_DATE=19-DEC-2020".
> 
> Which is the +13 months.

Sure. He was aware of the license termination date.

"I wasn't aware of that" probably was related to "Be aware that HPE 
support for VMS ends at the end of 2020".

Hans.