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

[Dave Froble]

On 11/20/2019 5:04 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <qr3dqa$j3k$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>
>> 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.
>
> Perhaps, but what good reason is there not to have one?

It is not a question of to have one, or not.  It is a question of who 
will provide such.

VSI as far as I know has nothing to do with VAX.  They are not in any 
position to do anything with a VAX hobbyist program.  They most likely 
are prohibited to do so, and, why should they?  Why would they want to 
do so?

>  Those people
> running VAXes in production have commercial licenses, which don't
> expire.  No-one will say "how, I can get a hobbyist license, I'll set up
> my new commercial application on a VAX and save on license costs, even
> though it is against the rules".  If anything, people running VAXen in
> production will be paying for support, not for licenses, but will that
> be available from any of the (current or former) owners of (some aspects
> of) VMS?
>

Not from HPe.  Not from VSI.

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