[Info-vax] Hobbyist program on The Register

[Simon Clubley]

On 2024-04-15, Craig A. Berry <craigberry at nospam.mac.com> wrote:
> On 4/12/24 7:35 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2024-04-09, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>>> 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 ?
>>>
>> 
>> Now on Slashdot as well:
>> 
>> https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/11/014223/vms-software-prunes-openvms-hobbyist-program
>
> and on OSNews:
>
> https://www.osnews.com/story/139246/vms-software-guts-its-community-licensing-program/
>

Interesting link thanks.

The comments are even more interesting: Yet another bunch of clueless
people who think WNT is a reimplemented VMS and have no understanding
or knowledge of MICA/PRISM. :-)

There is _nothing_ in the VMS kernel code that can be directly used elsewhere.

Simon.

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