28 Jul
2020
28 Jul
'20
7:05 p.m.
On 7/28/2020 1:11 PM, Camiel Vanderhoeven wrote:
That's pretty much what I expected.? This also means that anyone wanting to run
OpenVMS AXP V1.x, 6.x, 7.x and 8.3 or 8.4 is dead in the water after Dec 31st 2020.? Not
sure why you would want to, but I'd wager there is always someone that would.
It also means that HPe *could* issue non-expiring PAKS with the DEC producer which would
not impinge on VSI's ability to create AXP, IA64 PAKS for profit.
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John H. Reinhardt
On Jul 28,
2020, at 7:47 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org
<mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>> wrote:
The question that will be answered when someone gets the VSI CLP PAKs is will those PAKS
work on an older version of OpenVMS?? The Hobbyist PAKs produced by Compaq and HP have
always worked on current and older versions.? Is there something in the License Manager
code that could limit it? The Hobbyist PAKS I have been getting for years all list DEC as
the Producer even through the Compaq and HP years.? I suppose VSI could have engineered
OpenVMS and/or the PAKS with VSI as the Producer which would probably limit them to
working on VSI versions of OpenVMS.
No need to wait for that; I can answer that question right away; VSI's been selling
licenses for a while now. Yes, they have a different PRODUCER, so they will not work with
older (non-VSI) versions.