[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Community License

[David Goodwin]

In article <e4b10507871cedc5824fe92241596d46edc4f89d.camel at munted.eu>, 
alex.buell at munted.eu says...
> 
> On Wed, 2024-03-27 at 07:12 +1300, David Goodwin wrote:
> > > Losing the Alpha option is my real pain point.  Both my hobbyist
> > > systems 
> > > are Alphas (DS10 and PWS-600au).
> > > 
> > > The fact that they are summarily rejecting already submitted (but
> > > not 
> > > yet approved) requests quite frankly hurts.
> > 
> > I could perhaps handle loosing Alpha if we weren't also loosing x86.
> > 
> > A fresh vmdk once a year is not an acceptable solution. I'm not
> > setting up a fresh VM every year, its not worth the effort.
> 
> THey didn't say anything about closing the VSI service panel?

The email I got says:
"How This Affects You

Your current license is valid through August 22, 2024. In the next 
several days, we will send you your credentials for accessing our 
Service Portal where you will get your replacement license (in August) 
and software. On the day when your license expires, your access to the 
Service Portal will be revoked."

So yeah, loosing access to the VSI service portal and as far as I can 
see they will not be issuing standalone licenses - just refreshing the 
VM once a year. Basically that student kit they had before, but now on 
x86.