Wow, that is awesome news!
On 4/26/2020 7:00 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
On 4/26/2020 5:27 PM, James W. Laferriere wrote:
Hello Anyone , Has anyone contacted VSI directly about Hobbyist
Licensing ie: sa...@vmssoftware.com ?
While they see we have no $'s invested in their products , They
should see a PR function in this arena .
Actually hoping that someone has done so .
Hthfys , JimL
VSI is way ahead of you. Posted April 22nd on their "News" page:
VSI announces community license
You may be aware that HPE have announced they are “concluding the
HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program in alignment with the HPE
OpenVMS support roadmap” which essentially means that the Hobbyist
program as you know it ceases at the end of 2020.
GOOD NEWS: There has been speculation that VMS Software, Inc.
would take over this program, so let us end the speculation and
say categorically that VMS Software, Inc. is bringing out a
replacement program for the HPE Hobbyist license program. It will
be called the “OpenVMS Community License Program”, and we are
currently in the process of working out all the details, which
will be available well before the end of the HPE Hobbyist license
program.
https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/
It was at the top of the page, but now it's been replaced by news of
the EAK V9.0 kit and you have to scroll down a ways to find it.
However, we are assuming that it will only address Alpha, Integrity
and x86 licenses. Unless HPE changes their agreement with VSI (we
assume) that they won't be able to issue "Community Licenses" for the
VAX platform. But that may change by the end of the year. Only HPE
and VSI know.
In the meantime, if you haven't, get your HPE Hobbyist license(s) as
they are counting the number of participants which may go to VSI. The
new license will not expire until January 1, 2022.
--
John H. Reinhardt
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