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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2019-11-19, Hans Bachner <hans at bachner.priv.at> wrote:
>
> While we all are interested how the VSI hobbyist program will work (and 
> when), this is only half the answer. I assume that there are quite a few 
> hobbyists around who use VMS on physical and/or emulated VAXen or just 
> enjoy running historic equipment with software from the days when this 
> equipment was built. And the probability that VSI will (be allowed to) 
> issue licenses for DEC/CPQ/HP(E) versions of VMS is rather low imho.
>

Unless something dramatic happens, I suspect there will be no VAX hobbyist
licence of any kind after the end of 2020, regardless of whatever hobbyist
program VSI may eventually come up with.

Simon.

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