[Info-vax] Alpha Community licenes.

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 9/18/22 17:51, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2022-09-18 kl. 23:37, skrev 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.
>>
> 
> Since it is a licens file that might be used for a system with
> no previous license, it might be best to make sure that it is
> readable on your desktop system to be copy/pasted into the
> console using some terminal emulator.
> 
> Not having some unique VMS record format that just becomes
> a mess if tried to be read on some other system.
> 

Cut and paste works fine for moving small text files onto a
system, too.  But I usually just cut and paste it to the "$"
prompt.

bill