11 Feb
2004
11 Feb
'04
4:50 a.m.
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
What if every DECUS member simply did not extend or
renew their
membership? Can it be assumed that funding for DECUS would simply dry up
and DECUS would be no longer?
Probably, at some point.
If so, then VMS hobbyist licenses would be "up in
the air" so to speak.
No, HP would probably allow Montagar or other groupsto
handle the issue.
With Compaq now having been sucked up into HP, and HP
probably not giving
a damn either way, my guess is that hobbyist VMS use would be relegated to
a "public domain" model.
Hah.
Is there a lapse in my reasoning anywhere here?
Yes. HP Does Not Believe In Public Domain.
I just see no reason at this point why DECUS needs to
be, and why people
need to pay money to use VMS in a hobbyist mode.
Right.
--f