[Info-vax] Hobbyist licences for VAX

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/12/2022 10:38 AM, Michael Moroney wrote:
> 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.

Maybe something to do with a lot of VMS Alpha still used in
production.

:-)

Arne