[Info-vax] openvms hobbyists

[Subcommandante XDelta]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2022 09:23:50 +0100, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se>
wrote:

>On 2022-02-15 03:19, Subcommandante XDelta wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 20:59:32 -0500, Bill Cunningham <nospam at nspam.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Didn't they do away with the opnevms hobbyists licenses?
>> 
>> The DEC | HP VAX | AXP VMS Hobbyist Program, continues, but in
>> renegade, outlaw, form.
>
>Sorry. But all those words are nonsense. The hobbyist program does not 
>continue. The fact that you have a workaround don't change the fact that 
>the hobbyist program from HP have stopped.

Point taken, good sir.

And a salute to those digits that worked, diligently, inside and
outside of Compaq and HP, over the, near, quarter century, since the
demise of DEC, to keep that hobbyist program alive. 

>Please try to correct in your postings, and not only be bombastic and 
>self pompous.
>
>   Johnny

We concur with the former, but the latter is an occupational hazard.

We tend to minimise our interaction with the comp.os.vms colloquy,
other than announcements and communiques, when we deem it necessary.