[Info-vax] VSI community license

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <sl6hgc$voq$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
<davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes: 

> For Alpha, I believe only V8.4 2L1 and V8.4 2L2 have been released by VSI.
> There might be a good chance that VSI will not release any more Alpha
> versions.  (They didn't really plan on any Alpha versions.)

Yes they did, because they said a) that a mixed Alpha/x86 cluster would 
be offered and b) that that VMS on Alpha would have to be from VSI.  
That was in the very first announcement in the conference call.

> Both are identical code.  2L2 is compiled to use EV6 capabilities.  While
> there is a performance advantage, would a hobbyist really see much advantage?
> Probably not.  For pre-EV6 CPUs, 2L1 is your only option.

I have all CPUs, but some EV56 still in use.  I don't really care about 
the advantage at this point, especially since there is an EV6 in the 
cluster if I need it.  The more important issue is fresh install vs. 
upgrade.