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

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 11/20/19 8:07 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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.
> 


Welcome to the same world as PDP-11 "Hobbyists".  :-)

bill