7 Mar
2020
7 Mar
'20
8:26 p.m.
It sounds like? a real shame. A lot of programmers have developed some
much for openvms, and now they are just going to stop it. To bring VMS
up to date so to speak; that would be "artistic" ownership under federal
law. A wall owner was just sued over tearing down his wall that graffiti
artists drew on. It's not all just HP here.
On 3/7/2020 1:58 PM, William Pechter wrote:
The cost of a VMS Vax license would probably be more
than a license
for later hardware and the hardware.
There's been no bug fixes to the last Vax versions and if you get the
Vax license - - if offered - - the ability to keep the HW running gets
harder yearly.
A multi thousand dollar/yr license to run on? Simh would suck. $50/Yr
might be doable for a hobby.? Perhaps someone could propose something
so VSI could offset costs.
Bill
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Cunningham <bill.cu at suddenlink.net>
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Sent: Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:50
Subject: Re: [HECnet] HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing
I have received t too. They say ifyou want long term licenses, buy it!
dig out the coins.
On 3/7/2020 2:12 AM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
>
> Yes, I have received it too. I think this is just corporate speak for
> saying that they are closing the hobbyist licensing program,
> presumably because they no longer support VMS. I think they should
> officially release the PAK tool, or allow hobbyists to request
> non-expiring licenses (although that wouldn?t help new hobbyists).
>
> Regards
>
> Rob
>
> *From:*owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> *On
> Behalf Of *David Moylan
> *Sent:* 07 March 2020 05:14
> *To:* hecnet at Update.UU.SE
> *Subject:* [HECnet] HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just received the e-mail below. I?ve hunted around all the various
> Hobbyist locations and licensing pages and can?t find any additional
> information.
>
> I?ve already replied back to ask what the impact of Hobbyist renewal
> licensing will be. I have no further information at this stage.
>
> Have others received this as well? Does anyone have any further
> knowledge on this?
>
> I can see a few people have forwarded/posted the same message on
> comp.os.vms.
>
> Cheers, Wiz!!
>
> *From:*OpenVMS Customer Lab [mailto:openvmscustomerlab at hpe.com]
> *Sent:* Saturday, 7 March 2020 3:13 PM
> *Cc:* OpenVMS Customer Lab
> *Subject:* OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification
>
> Dear HPE OpenVMS hobbyist,
>
> This is to inform you that HPE is concluding the HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist
> license program in alignment with the HPE OpenVMS support roadmap.
>
> If you wish to understand more details, please reach out to us at the
> earliest through the usual license renewal webpage.
>
> Thank you.
>
> HPE OpenVMS team
>