On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:39:45 -0500, Craig Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wednesday, October 01, 2008, at 03:23PM, "Michael G Schwern" <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >HP is shutting down it's testdrive program which gives logins to its many > >operating systems (see also VMS) for developer evaluation and testing. It's > >replacing it with something called HP Partner Virtualization Program which it > >says is better and will make you smell nice and be more attractive. > > It also requires that you be a company member of their Developer and Solution > Partner Program (DSPP). I believe Merijn has had some contact with HP folks > who are aware this is not the best fit for open source developers and there > is hope that something more workable can be arranged. That is correct: I was even very happy surprised with their answer: --8<--- Subject: Re: Perl5 porters support on PVP From: HP Partner Virtualization Program <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 19:43:56 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: H.Merijn Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: HP User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 Sorry for the delay. We have actually been expecting this request. First you need to be aware there are no plans for to support access to HP 9000 (PA-RISC) systems as part of HP PVP. The HP Partner Virtualization Program is focused on providing access to new technologies and solutions. HP has announced the last sales date for HP 9000 systems as December 31, 2008 and has had a migration program in place to move customers to HP Integrity Servers for over a year. Secondly, we have been discussing options for this scenario. We have yet to settle on a solution. We hope to have an answer for you before the Testdrive program is shutdown. -- PVP Admin --- http://www.hp.com/go/pvp -->8--- But after that, all was silent. I'll keep you posted. -- H.Merijn Brand Amsterdam Perl Mongers http://amsterdam.pm.org/ using & porting perl 5.6.2, 5.8.x, 5.10.x, 5.11.x on HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, 11.11, 11.23, and 11.31, SuSE 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3, AIX 5.2, and Cygwin. http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/ http://www.test-smoke.org/ http://qa.perl.org http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/
