[Info-vax] "VSI OpenVMS VAX"

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <slrnqtcgdm.r5m.als at mordor.angband.thangorodrim.de>,
Alexander Schreiber <als at usenet.thangorodrim.de> writes: 

> Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
> > In article <qr4g1l$1b9$1 at dont-email.me>,
> >=?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>
> > writes: 
> >
> >> Now, it has been said that VSI would never support OpenVMS VAX.
> >> But remember that once that was said for OpenVMS Alpha also.
> >
> > Getting back to the original conference call, it was said that Alpha and 
> > x86 would be supported in the same cluster, at least for migration, 
> > which implies SOME sort of Alpha support.
> 
> Yes, but presumably for paying customers who still have Alphas in production
> and are willing to hand over the money for ongoing support (and, presumably
> eventual migration to x86).
> 
> The hobbyist use case is a very different animal.

Right, though the above discussion was about Alpha support per se.  
However, I did ask the question wearing my hobbyist hat, and the answer 
implied hobbyist license for Alpha as well.

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