7 Mar
2020
7 Mar
'20
9:27 a.m.
On Mar 7, 2020, at 9:07 AM, John H. Reinhardt
<johnhreinhardt at thereinhardts.org> wrote:
On 3/7/2020 8:10 AM, Zane Healy wrote:
The thing is, most people don?t know they need a real VAX/VMS license, until they find
themselves doing something that will require it at some point in the future. It?s not a
normal need, but it is one I?ve seen. I sure can?t justify buying any right now.
Zane
On Mar 7, 2020, at 5:00 AM, Michael Kerpan via
cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>> wrote:
On the HECnet list, David Moylan had sent an inqujiry to the OpenVMS Customer Lab and got
this as a response
" Users who wish to avail of HPE OpenVMS long term licenses are encouraged to
purchase permanent licenses at standard prices. You may contact [Fellman, Jon]
<jon.fellman at hpe.com> for the same."
So this HP person, Jon Fellman looks like the person to ask about buying an OpenVMS VAX
license. I've sent him an email but I don't expect a response until Monday at
least. The "standard prices" part doesn't' look encouraging.
--
John H. Reinhardt
Well that's sad news. Since VMS Software may or may not ever launch a
proper hobbyist program and has stated that they don't have the ability to
issue licenses for VAX versions of VMS, that means we have until 2021 to
legally use VMS on the vintage hardware or emulations. After that, I guess
we will have to either sail the seven seas or learn to love 4.3BSD...
Mike
If VSI doesn?t have the ability to issue VAX versions of the VMS license,
will it be possible to buy VAX licenses? I?m curious as about five years ago, I had to
help buy VAX/VMS licenses for a project.
Zane