HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

[Lee Courtney]

John,

Thanks for the heads up. What would you suggest one enter for the mandatory
fields: Participating Chapter * and Membership Number *

Lee Courtney

On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 3:34 AM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> For those interested, HPE has finally, formally announced the end of their
> participation in the OpenVMS Hobbyist Program.  A number of people have
> received the below message from HPE, probably everyone they have on record
> as having current Hobbyist licenses.
>
>
> If you have any current or future ( at least before the end of 2021 )
> interest in Hobbyist licenses for any version of OpenVMS from 5.0 through
> 8.4 for VAX ( only up to 7.3) or Alpha and Itanium, then register now.  HPE
> is looking to find out how many are interested in Hobbyist offerings and
> even though the new license will be good through 2021, I don't expect them
> to be generating them past the end of 2020 and maybe sooner.
>
> Register for Hobbyist PAKs at one of the following (I suggest the HPE
> address first):
>
> https://www.hpe.com/h41268/live/index_e.aspx?qid=24548
>
> http://plato.ccsscorp.com/hobbyist_registration.php
>     Note the underscore between hobbyist and registration in
> hobbyist_registration.
>
> One Hobbyist user reports this:
>
>
>     I’ve just received an update from the OpenVMS Customer lab:
>
>     Here’s the message from the OpenVMS team.  The idea was that hobbyists
> would visit the site and renew their licenses, and in response, we would
> provide the final set of licenses,
>
>     explaining the scenario:
>
>     =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
>        As we approach the end of the HPE OpenVMS V8.4 standard support
> period, HPE
>
>        plans to conclude the HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program.
>
>        The HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist licenses we are issuing in 2020 will be
> the last set.
>
>        Subsequently, HPE will not issue new HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist licenses.
> Attached
>
>        is the final set of the HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist licenses. These final
> licenses
>
>        are valid through December 31st, 2021. We hope that this additional
> validity
>
>        period will enable users to plan for the future.
>
>        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 <mailto:jon.fellman at hpe.com>> for the same.
>
>     =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
>     Cheers, Wiz!!
>
>
> John H. Reinhardt
>
>
> *From:*owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] *On
> Behalf Of *David Moylan
> *Sent:* Saturday, 7 March 2020 4:14 PM
> *To:* hecnet at Update.UU.SE
> *Subject:* [HECnet] HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just received the e-mail below. I’ve hunted around all the various
> Hobbyist locations and licensing pages and can’t find any additional
> information.
>
> I’ve already replied back to ask what the impact of Hobbyist renewal
> licensing will be. I have no further information at this stage.
>
> Have others received this as well? Does anyone have any further knowledge
> on this?
>
> I can see a few people have forwarded/posted the same message on
> comp.os.vms.
>
> Cheers, Wiz!!
>
> *From:*OpenVMS Customer Lab [mailto:openvmscustomerlab at hpe.com]
> *Sent:* Saturday, 7 March 2020 3:13 PM
> *Cc:* OpenVMS Customer Lab
> *Subject:* OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification
>
> Dear HPE OpenVMS hobbyist,
>
> This is to inform you that HPE is concluding the HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist
> license program in alignment with the HPE OpenVMS support roadmap.
>
> If you wish to understand more details, please reach out to us at the
> earliest through the usual license renewal webpage.
>
> Thank you.
>
> HPE OpenVMS team
>
>

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