23 Feb
1999
23 Feb
'99
3:58 p.m.
What version are you running? The licence generator at
www.montagar.com/hobbyist
doesn't even ask what version of VMS you're running, and my impression is it
licenses everything up to 1 rev below the current version. As far as TCP
or other layered products, I think you're out of luck, but as many people have
pointed out, CMU/TCP is a viable option there, and I can't imagine it could be
any LESS stable than early versions of UCX. Note that they list their
European
licensing counterparts on this site too.
CMUIP doesn't have working NFS, and it's been my experience that the FTP
included with it is less than stellar. Although I believe that there are
free FTP replacements available for it.
As I mentioned in a earlier post today, the word is that they're getting
ready to add some stuff to the hobbiest program, including possibly support
for some Alpha systems. I saw a post on USENET afterwards to the effect of
check http://www.montagar.com at the beginning of next month. I didn't
recognize the poster, however, he had a Compaq e-mail address. Of course
at this moment this is nothing but a rumor, but there have been rumblings
about this for a couple of months now.
Personally I'd like to see OpenVMS (VAX/Alpha), NAS-150, Motif, and the
languages at a minimum made available for hobbiests. Let's face it, they
need as many people as possible running the stuff.
Zane
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