[Info-vax] DECUServe is a Hobbyist Chapter

[Dale E. Coy]

"John Wallace" <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:8d93173e-b3f8-4d5f-88cb-92f13cc0b88e at p20g2000vbl.googlegroups.com...

>Is this Hobbyist license deal available worldwide,

Yes.  DECUServe has not had any restrictions on location for over 10 years.

DECUServe has never charged for anything.

> e.g. can folks in
>the UK now legitimately get Hobbyist licences without having to pay
>HPUG (or their successor) £50 or so just so they can get access to a
>"free" hobbyist licence?

Of course, we encourage membership in your user group(s).  But that's an 
individual cost/benefit decision, unrelated to DECUServe's affiliation with 
the VMS Hobbyist project.

We also strongly encourage participation in DECUServe's Notes 
conferences/discussions.  Lots of expertise, and low-noise.  And we have 
never lost a Note in over 22 years.

An "insider tip":  if you ever post a Note on DECUServe, then your DECUServe 
number and Username are kept forever, which means that your Hobbyist 
privileges are also "forever".