[Info-vax] VMS Software, Inc. Acquires All OpenVMS Support Business from Hewlett Packard Enterprise

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <qp08sh$2aj$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
<davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes: 

> On 10/25/2019 5:38 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> 
> > In other words, a yearly fee cheap enough for hobbyists would not
> > generate enough revenue; one which brings in enough revenue would be too
> > expensive for hobbyists.
> 
> That is basically not the issue.  Hobbyists would not be something that 
> needs to produce revenue.  The concept is to get, and keep, VMS in front 
> of as many people as possible.  Consider it marketing.

I agree, but then there needs to be a hobbyist license from VSI, at 
little or no cost; the fact that there is not (yet) is what we are 
discussing.