[Info-vax] Starting over as a hobbyist with Alpha

[Dave Froble]

On 5/18/2023 12:14 PM, Volker N. Englisch wrote:
> Good evening!
>
> For I now have some more leisure time now, I'd like to start over with
> OpenVMS on an Alpha server. The hardware is already on site, but: Where
> to get the licenses and the OS? No, it doesn't need to be the latest
> version...
>
> I registered with hpe on www.hpe.com and filled in the "OpenVMS
> Hobbyist Registration, but no avail. No response for a week now.
>
> Furthermore I applied for the licenses on vmssoftware.com, no response
> as well.
>
> In general, is this the correct approach, or did I do something
> wrong...?
>
> V~
>

VSI has the "Community License" thing.  Ask about that, or, look it up on their 
web site.  Don't expect instant response, they are quite busy.

Forget about HP, nothing there.

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