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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11/20/2019 4:01 AM, Hans Bachner wrote:
> 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".

My point is that the expiration date is current day + 13 months
*not* end of HPE support. They just happen to be pretty close
in this case.

Arne