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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2019-11-25, Hans Bachner <hans at bachner.priv.at> wrote:
> Simon Clubley schrieb am 25.11.2019 um 19:46:
>> 
>> Just so I understand this, are you saying that new major releases
>> within the _same_ architecture will no longer be available as part
>> of the VSI support contract ?
>
> The VSI Support Service descriptions have contained this sentence since 
> I know them:
>
> "Right to new minor releases of a VSI product"
>
> On top of that, customers were entitled to use new major releases if 
> they purchased the support contract from VSI (partners), but not from 
> HPE. This seems no longer true for future support contracts.
>

Thanks for the details.

VSI needs to be really careful they don't alienate customers for the sake
of short-term profit.

Simon.

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