[Info-vax] The VSI Hobbyist program is Live!

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/29/2020 7:19 AM, johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> On Wednesday, 29 July 2020 02:05:40 UTC+1, David Goodwin  wrote:
>> I'm not arguing from a "this isn't exactly what I wanted"
>> perspective. I'm fine with filling out the form and installing PAKs
>> and the current registration process is an improvement over the old
>> one.
>> 
>> No, I'm arguing from a "competing with Linux is really really hard
>> so lets make the new user process as painless as possible"
>> perspective. And at least under the OpenVMS releases I've used
>> entering license PAKs on a new install was anything but painless.
>> Once you have the system up and running renewing the licenses
>> wasn't so bad provided you did it before the previous ones expired
>> but its still a chunk of work that I've never seen a good reason
>> for.
> 
> Your comparisons seem flawed on various grounds.
> 
> VMS isn't competing with Joe Random Linux.
> 
> Is it competing with Red Hat?

Probably yes.

>                              Is actual RHEL downloadable for free?
> Not as such, as far as I know. Rebranded/debranded variants, maybe.

Yes. CentOS.

> That may or may not change following RedHat's takeover by IBM.

It really can't change.

Either Redhat/IBM continue to make the CentOS builds or somebody
else will do it. Redhat/IBM can't prevent that due to the
licenses.

Arne