[Info-vax] Alpha Community licenes.

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <jopd9tFf57pU1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon
<bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes: 

> On 9/18/22 11:19, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> > In article <jooqruFccnfU1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon
> > <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes:
> > 
> >> That's probably because most serious VMS users moved out of the 80's
> >> a long time ago.  Being as VMS has apparently given up on the desktop
> >> permanently what would you expect most VMS users to be using on their
> >> desktop?
> > 
> > If you are using VMS, it doesn't have to be on your desktop, but it
> > could be.
> 
> Maybe if your still running a VAX.  I thought VSI said "No desktop"?

Some VAXes will fit on a desktop.  Some Alphas.  Perhaps some Itaniums.  
Presumably some x86.

What does "desktop" mean?  If it means using Microsoft products, then of 
course VMS on the desktop or the desktop on VMS makes no sense.  If it 
means literally on the desk then of course often no problem.  If it 
means use it for email, reading usenet, etc., then I prefer to do that 
on VMS than to any other platform.

VSI has said that they will support the on-chip graphics, so presumably 
one can continue to run DECterms, CDE, whatever.

Back to the license stuff.  They have a file which is used on VMS which 
was zipped.  Why not zip it on VMS?  Or at least pretend to be a 
customer and test whatever they send out before sending it out.