[Info-vax] Did VSI provide one final Community License extension last month?

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On Mon, 2024-09-09 at 12:29 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
> > Do you have a login at the VSI Service Portal?  If so, look there. 
> > They may be a set of PAKS for the CLP.  I was a CLP member, but
> > applied and was granted membership in the Ambassador's program so I
> > don't think I'll see them.  But, if they did it that way, you
> > should.
> > 
> 
> It's a pity VSI didn't implement some automated VMS knowledge-based
> test to determine which level of hobbyist VMS access you got. If you
> passed the test, you get the full install kits, but you are expected
> to know enough to install and configure it yourself.
> 
> If you fail the test, you get the current pre-built version and get
> to ask handholding questions.
> 
> VSI claimed they did the change because of all the basic questions
> people unfamiliar with VMS were asking and because those people
> probably expected to be handheld in the same way as you are when
> installing a basic Windows setup. Some knowledge-based test before
> being granted hobbyist access may have solved this.

I absolutely fucking agree with this!
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