On 3/7/2020 8:10 AM, Zane Healy wrote:
On Mar 7, 2020, at 5:00 AM, Michael Kerpan via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org
<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
Well that's sad news. Since VMS Software may or may not ever launch a
proper hobbyist program and has stated that they don't have the ability to
issue licenses for VAX versions of VMS, that means we have until 2021 to
legally use VMS on the vintage hardware or emulations. After that, I guess
we will have to either sail the seven seas or learn to love 4.3BSD...
Mike
If VSI doesn’t have the ability to issue VAX versions of the VMS license, will
it be possible to buy VAX licenses? I’m curious as about five years ago, I had
to help buy VAX/VMS licenses for a project.
Zane
On the HECnet list, David Moylan had sent an inqujiry to the OpenVMS Customer
Lab and got this as a response
" Users who wish to avail of HPE OpenVMS long term licenses are encouraged to
purchase permanent licenses at standard prices. You may contact [Fellman, Jon]
<jon.fell...@hpe.com> for the same."
So this HP person, Jon Fellman looks like the person to ask about buying an OpenVMS VAX
license. I've sent him an email but I don't expect a response until Monday at least.
The "standard prices" part doesn't' look encouraging.
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John H. Reinhardt
