> On Mar 7, 2020, at 9:07 AM, John H. Reinhardt
> <johnhreinha...@thereinhardts.org> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> --
> John H. Reinhardt
The thing is, most people don’t know they need a real VAX/VMS license, until
they find themselves doing something that will require it at some point in the
future. It’s not a normal need, but it is one I’ve seen. I sure can’t justify
buying any right now.
Zane
