[Info-vax] New VSI Community License Program for x86

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 4/1/2024 8:10 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> 
> On 4/1/24 8:05 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 4/1/2024 6:34 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
>>> On 4/1/2024 4:24 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>
>>>> You must have been reading my mind.  That was the first thing I thought of.
>>>> So, did the issued licenses work on the previous VMS installation?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, they did.  I hacked up the previous PAK command file for the new licenses
>>> and ran it.  You can see there are 31 products NOT covered by the new PAKs. Some
>>> of them are covered by the HAOE license, I think.  DVNETEXT was not included but
>>> , again, I think that's part of HAOE.
>>
>> So, at least for now, the fear of needing to re-start with a new VMS image each year, perhaps is not an issue, at least for those who know their way around VMS.
> 
> It's not an issue today for folks who want to keep running the x86
> systems they had running yesterday.  But you won't get any patches,
> updates, or upgrades to that system. And that's particularly awkward at
> the moment, with so many things on x86 not quite finished and some of
> the newest products apparently not on the vmdk (e.g., the brand new
> BASIC compiler).
> 

Hopefully more vital things like upgrades to OpenSSH, SSL which VSI typically puts other places than the Service Portal will be available.  But, overall, you're right If you just skim off the PAKS to keep your own install going you forego any product updates that might be released. Even if only yearly updates with each new vmdk

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John H. Reinhardt