HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

[Doug Jackson]

Having worked for them in also not surprised.

When they absorbed Compaq their culture changed.  Significantly for the
worse.

I'd be stunned if they existed in a form other that selling printers and
ink cartridges in 5 years time.

On Wed, 11 Mar. 2020, 10:42 am Patrick Finnegan via cctalk, <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 10, 2020, 18:36 Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > > On 3/9/20 10:19 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> > >> but don't value the hobbyist market enough to try to help.
> > >
> > > Which costs them money with very likely  no ROI.
> >
> > Some such companies spend money on advertising.  A well run hobbyist
> > program is good advertising.  It promotes brand loyalty and good PR.
> >
>
> Based on my day to day interactions with HPE as a company, this action
> doesn't surprise me at all.  They don't seem to want to do anything that
> isn't directly "extracting value."
>
> Pat
>
> >
>