The vendor might feel somewhat offended by our response because 50 is a *lot* lower than the published marketing price. However we're hobbyist users who run VMS for various reasons. A hobby is run on a different (usually non rational) set of decisions than a business is. The other thing is that the Alpha business by nature is about to end for commercial users. So the vendor may find the help of ambassadors useful. Hans -----Original Message----- From: Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> Sender: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:43:57 To: <hecnet at Update.UU.SE> Reply-To: hecnet at Update.UU.SESubject: Re: [HECnet] Alpha emulation Well, I've told the guys that 50 euros is probably a realistic price that we as a community would be willing to part with. The guy I'm in contact is really nice BTW, he's been watching out project for a while, even noted that hecnet.eu had been down since Friday... Sampsa On 5 Apr 2012, at 09:38, Sampsa Laine wrote: I was thinking 50-100 GBP max myself - as these guys would have to probably physically post us a copy protection dongle. For me, the power savings is the main issue: I already have a chunky i86_64 box that run various VMs and emulators, so I would probably save the 100 quid in about 3 months. Sampsa On 5 Apr 2012, at 09:35, Saku Set l wrote: Yeah, I agree 50e max.