Yes, quite important seems to be an understatement. HPE is dropping the program, apparently because the OpenVMS product line is now the responsibility of VSI. But I can find no sign that VSI will continue the hobbyist license program in any form. Those of us with actual Alpha/Itanium/Vax hardware may be completely shut out?
I own two Alphas and also run Vax on Simh. This is not amusing. VSI appears to be focused on OpenVMS for x86 processors, which is fine if they can do that. But without a way to renew license keys our Alpha and Vax systems will be dead silicon. I don't require support or even patches. I just need to keep my systems running.
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