One of the machines I have still has it's permanent license (along with
the pretty paper license) for the OS. It's all the auxiliary packages
you need to do anything useful that are going to be the headache.
--Jason
On 3/7/20 9:27 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
On Mar 7, 2020, at 9:07 AM, John H. Reinhardt
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 3/7/2020 8:10 AM, Zane Healy wrote:
On Mar 7, 2020, at 5:00 AM, Michael Kerpan via cctalk <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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
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]
<[email protected]> 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
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
