John, Thanks for the heads up. What would you suggest one enter for the mandatory fields: Participating Chapter * and Membership Number *
Lee Courtney On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 3:34 AM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > For those interested, HPE has finally, formally announced the end of their > participation in the OpenVMS Hobbyist Program. A number of people have > received the below message from HPE, probably everyone they have on record > as having current Hobbyist licenses. > > > If you have any current or future ( at least before the end of 2021 ) > interest in Hobbyist licenses for any version of OpenVMS from 5.0 through > 8.4 for VAX ( only up to 7.3) or Alpha and Itanium, then register now. HPE > is looking to find out how many are interested in Hobbyist offerings and > even though the new license will be good through 2021, I don't expect them > to be generating them past the end of 2020 and maybe sooner. > > Register for Hobbyist PAKs at one of the following (I suggest the HPE > address first): > > https://www.hpe.com/h41268/live/index_e.aspx?qid=24548 > > http://plato.ccsscorp.com/hobbyist_registration.php > Note the underscore between hobbyist and registration in > hobbyist_registration. > > One Hobbyist user reports this: > > > I’ve just received an update from the OpenVMS Customer lab: > > Here’s the message from the OpenVMS team. The idea was that hobbyists > would visit the site and renew their licenses, and in response, we would > provide the final set of licenses, > > explaining the scenario: > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > As we approach the end of the HPE OpenVMS V8.4 standard support > period, HPE > > plans to conclude the HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program. > > The HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist licenses we are issuing in 2020 will be > the last set. > > Subsequently, HPE will not issue new HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist licenses. > Attached > > is the final set of the HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist licenses. These final > licenses > > are valid through December 31st, 2021. We hope that this additional > validity > > period will enable users to plan for the future. > > 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 <mailto:jon.fell...@hpe.com>> for the same. > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Cheers, Wiz!! > > > John H. Reinhardt > > > *From:*owner-hec...@update.uu.se [mailto:owner-hec...@update.uu.se] *On > Behalf Of *David Moylan > *Sent:* Saturday, 7 March 2020 4:14 PM > *To:* hec...@update.uu.se > *Subject:* [HECnet] HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing > > Hi all, > > Just received the e-mail below. I’ve hunted around all the various > Hobbyist locations and licensing pages and can’t find any additional > information. > > I’ve already replied back to ask what the impact of Hobbyist renewal > licensing will be. I have no further information at this stage. > > Have others received this as well? Does anyone have any further knowledge > on this? > > I can see a few people have forwarded/posted the same message on > comp.os.vms. > > Cheers, Wiz!! > > *From:*OpenVMS Customer Lab [mailto:openvmscustomer...@hpe.com] > *Sent:* Saturday, 7 March 2020 3:13 PM > *Cc:* OpenVMS Customer Lab > *Subject:* OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification > > Dear HPE OpenVMS hobbyist, > > This is to inform you that HPE is concluding the HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist > license program in alignment with the HPE OpenVMS support roadmap. > > If you wish to understand more details, please reach out to us at the > earliest through the usual license renewal webpage. > > Thank you. > > HPE OpenVMS team > > -- Lee Courtney +1-650-704-3934 cell