[Info-vax] VMS VAX License for personal Microvax 3100 Model 40

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-07-28, Robert A. Brooks <FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com> wrote:
> On 7/28/2022 5:32 PM, Chris Scheers wrote:
>
>> FWIW:
>> 
>> In the early 1990s, Lockheed purchased the Fort Worth division of General Dynamics.
>> 
>> At the time, they had VAXen everywhere.  From what I was told, when they went to renew their licenses, DEC/Compaq (I don't remember which it was at the time) said "What licenses?"
>   As a DEC customer, I frequently purchased licenses and renewed support contracts.
>
> I don't know what "renew their licenses" means.
>

One possibility might be the transfer process you had to undergo with
(some/all?) DEC licences when one entity was purchased by another entity.

Simon.

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