[Info-vax] Any stronger versions of the LMF planned ?, was: Re: LMF Licence Generator Code

[Gary Sparkes]

On Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 8:06:35 PM UTC-4, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 8/7/21 7:29 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote: 
> > On 8/7/2021 7:23 PM, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> >> Before Windows online activation was created, how many people reused 
> >> the same licence key on different PCs ? In other words, how many people 
> >> had more PCs than licences for the software which ran on them ? 
> > 
> > Among the home PC build it yourself enthusiasts: millions. 
> > 
> > But that is not the market VMS is into. 
> >
> I suspect that most of the home PC build it yourself market are 
> not running Windows at all but Linux, BSD or something else. 
> 
> bill

The majority are running windows, primarily for gaming. That's the largest build your own market. Build your own for linux installations is a very, very small market. (Spoken as i'm on the way to microcenter to pick up more parts for my bare metal x86_64 VMS systems that i've been running for a couple months now)