[Info-vax] Hobbyist program on The Register

David Goodwin david+usenet at zx.net.nz
Thu Apr 11 20:53:46 EDT 2024


In article <uv3t89$bl4h$1 at dont-email.me>, 
clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP says...
> 
> The changes to the hobbyist program have made it to The Register:
> 
> https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/09/vsi_prunes_hobbyist_prog/
> 
> A number of comments about, ermm, "ways" to bypass the VSI limitations.
> 
> I wonder what the reaction of those people will be if VSI just outright
> cancels the whole program in response, while blaming "certain attitudes"
> for that decision ?
> 
> Simon.

They've already canceled the whole program. What we have now is just the 
student kit relabeled as the community license. I guess they could still 
get rid of that but I'm not sure it would be much of a loss - how many 
people really want to have to setup their OpenVMS instances from scratch 
every year?



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