6 Jun
2002
6 Jun
'02
12:48 p.m.
Greetings,
This afternoon I registered my DECUS^H^H^H^H^HEncompass membership
number with Montagar software for OpenVMS. By the way, not knowing
the CPU ID of my VAX, I entered a '?', and that satisfied their
registration script. The last time that I attempted to register with
Montagar, my Encompas membership ID number was rejected, so I didn't
get a CD-ROM back then. A short while ago, an e-mail arrived with the
license to use OpenVMS; alas, the license expires in one year. Will
this expiration date have any effect on the useability of the software
after the expiration date?
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6 Jun
6 Jun
12:46 p.m.
get a CD-ROM back then. A short while ago, an e-mail
arrived with the
license to use OpenVMS; alas, the license expires in one year. Will
this expiration date have any effect on the useability of the software
after the expiration date?
Um, yeah! In about a year you'll need to get new PAK's and install them,
either that or you'll have to turn your clock back.
This is the one thing I *REALLY* hate about the OpenVMS Hobbyist program.
With the Tru64 program you have to pay Compaq (now maybe HP if it's still
available) about $100, but you get a set of good PAK's and a set of CD's.
I really wish they'd done this with the OpenVMS Hobbyist. It really helps
if you've real OS and networking PAK's installed on your system, that way
you can easily copy the new PAK's over if the old ones have expired. :^(
Zane
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12:55 p.m.
"R. D. Davis" wrote:
Greetings,
This afternoon I registered my DECUS^H^H^H^H^HEncompass membership
number with Montagar software for OpenVMS. By the way, not knowing
the CPU ID of my VAX, I entered a '?', and that satisfied their
registration script. The last time that I attempted to register with
Montagar, my Encompas membership ID number was rejected, so I didn't
get a CD-ROM back then. A short while ago, an e-mail arrived with the
license to use OpenVMS; alas, the license expires in one year. Will
this expiration date have any effect on the useability of the software
after the expiration date?
After the license expires you will need to get another license:- and again a
year after that one expires, year after year after year after...
Once the license has expired you'll only be able to log into the console.
This is the way that the hobbyist program works. I'm afraid,
Dave.
7 Jun
7 Jun
3:52 a.m.
That's my understanding, too: you have to renew every year. German
people will understand what I mean by commenting "same procedure as
every year, Miss Sophie?" Let's hope VMS will get as old as her.
"Cheerio, Miss Sophie!!!"
Another bit: the expiration date of a license is being checked when the
license is LOADED, not when it is USED. That means, once you loaded a
license before it has expired (usually by booting your VMS before this
date), the system will not recognize that the license has become invalid
until you LICENSE UNLOAD <product> or reboot.
You may want to keep track of expiration dates to avoid surprises.
Andreas
Dave Woodman wrote:
After the license expires you will need to get another license:- and again a
year after that one expires, year after year after year after...
Once the license has expired you'll only be able to log into the console.
This is the way that the hobbyist program works. I'm afraid,
Dave.
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Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany
http://www.vishay.com
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