[Info-vax] Hobbyist licences for VAX

[Michael Moroney]

On 4/11/2022 6:56 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 4/11/2022 3:44 PM, Michael Moroney wrote:
>> On 4/11/2022 2:29 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> Do you imagine there is even one person at VSI that doesn't 
>>> understand the issues, and doesn't sympathize with people wanting to 
>>> play with an old VAX?
>>>
>>> In addition to that, anyone staying current on working with VMS is a 
>>> potential resource that just may help VSI.  Such as in a new VMS 
>>> customer looking for some VMS experience.
> 
> Those looking for VMS experience could just run VMS Alpha.
> 
>>> Get off that soapbox ...
>>>
>> When VSI started, VSI got zero rights to anything VAX-specific. That 
>> would include generating VAX licenses, hobbyist or not.
> 
> I thought the story was that VSI can only create licenses for VSI VMS
> not HP(E) VMS and that VSI has not plans of ever building a
> VSI VMS VAX.
> 
VSI didn't have plans for Alpha at the start, but VSI Alpha did happen.