commodorejohn
Veteran Member
Got mine; now I just need to dig my eyepatch and bandana out of storage...anybody know a reputable parrot dealer?
Got mine; now I just need to dig my eyepatch and bandana out of storage
I assume the basic VMS will continue to run one user off the OPA0: port
Was VMS ever cracked along with the add-ons?
VSI announces community license
You may be aware that HPE have announced they are “concluding the HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program in alignment with the HPE OpenVMS support roadmap” which essentially means that the Hobbyist program as you know it ceases at the end of 2020.
GOOD NEWS: There has been speculation that VMS Software, Inc. would take over this program, so let us end the speculation and say categorically that VMS Software, Inc. is bringing out a replacement program for the HPE Hobbyist license program. It will be called the “OpenVMS Community License Program”, and we are currently in the process of working out all the details, which will be available well before the end of the HPE Hobbyist license program.
Does anyone else see the absurdity of requiring a license for a product that was code-complete so many years ago? Especially for a non-commercial use case?
None of the solutions that anyone here runs are for profit. What would be the harm in just letting a free perpetual license for VAX and Alpha (at least!) go, since virtually nobody has them in production? This is borne out by VSI’s own lack of interest in even bothering to issue license for VAX VMS.
- Alex
Realistically there’s no revenue for VSI from Vaxes, the commercial ones still running will be licensed already and no one will be buying more. No doubt they thought of this when they arranged the license deal with HP. So they’ve no incentive to worry about hobbyist Vaxes. The hassle has really come from HP who could easily have issued (and still could issue) perpetual hobbyist VAX licenses instead of the final time-limited ones. I for one will just move to the well-known bootleg alternative next year and carry on regardless.