On 3/7/2020 5:23 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
On 3/7/20 9:10 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
On Mar 7, 2020, at 5:00 AM, Michael Kerpan via cctalk <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.
My understanding is if something doesn't change to allow VSI to
issue VAX licenses there will be no way to legally run a VMS on
a VAX as HPE will be out of the business completely.
bill
I would think that those that already have legal VAX PAKs/licenses could still
run them. It's just no *NEW* PAKs could be legally generated.
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John H. Reinhardt
