[Info-vax] Goodbye VAX

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 1/8/22 9:12 AM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <k8phtg1c91pkfs7acaq102c04g4kd5bneh at 4ax.com>, Subcommandante XDelta <vlf at star.enet.dec.com> writes:
>> On Sun, 2 Jan 2022 08:54:56 -0000 (UTC), Simon Clubley
>> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2022-01-01, George Cornelius <cornelius at eisner.decus.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> And we all gave Bruce Mitchell h%ll for wearing his infamous "Screw the LMF" teeshirt to a Symposium.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I wonder, when x86-64 production licences come out, if VSI will take
>>> the opportunity to implement much more robust licence keys that cannot
>>> be easily bypassed (especially if they also take the opportunity to
>>> start signing core images so that they can't be patched to bypass
>>> such licencing).
>>>
>>> They obviously have no backwards compatibility licencing issues at the
>>> moment with x86-64 so it's the perfect time for them to implement such
>>> licencing changes. :-)
>>>
>>> Simon.
>>
>> Hola comp.os.vms companeros,
>>
>> Akin to cats and UFOs we come and go, manifest and demanifest, with a
>> nonclalant disregard for the laws of physics, exemplary netiquette,
>> and a philosophical disregard for the laws of intellectual property -
>> in the specific domain of preserving and defending the heritage and
>> legacy of the Digital Equipment Corporation.
>>
>> Alas, as much as we'd might otherwise, like to, we do not always
>> meticulously follow the transactions and proceedings of the
>> comp.os.vms college, but this particular conversation thread caught
>> our weather, weathered, rheumy, ageing, prescription spectacled, eyes
>> - there is a pertinent DECronym:
>>
>> FTFAJ: Fuck That For A Joke
>>
>> With specific application to the expiration of VAX licenses.
>>
>> Here is our RCE remedy from October 2012, the 35th Anniversary of VMS:
>>
>> LiBREVMS.LMFGEN.OpenVMS.Tru64.OSF1.ULTRIX.v1.2.WinALL.x86.x64.KEYGEN-VLF
>>
>> File-hosts:
>>
>> https://www.mirrored.to/files/0LOAT2SY/
> 
> ... and this gets me what?
> 

Apparently a scan of my Linux system and then a notice that my Norton
is out of date.

bill