Re: Portents of VMS death

From: JF Mezei (jfmezei.spamnot_at_istop.com)
Date: 06/05/03 

Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 12:41:28 -0400

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> (or any University that I know of) lawyers. Even in the case of a
> not-for-profit school like us the use would still be considered
> commercial because we are a business.

If the machines are used by faculty or school administrator, I agree with the
above. They are using those machines as part of their jobs. (especially if
machines are used to run the school).

But if the machines are used by students to write assignments and/or generally
muck around, then couldn't you find a way to see this as non-commercial use ?

Consider the following scenario: you provide the machines, but the students
provide their hobbyist licences. Would this change your lawyer's view ?

In fairness, I agree that hobbyist in an educational shouldn't be seen as a
long term solution. But I see the potential to abose those licences
temporarily to show HP the true potential of a "real" educational programme.
(eg: if you make it work wonders by cheating, then it becomes a lot easier to
convince HP to setup a real edu programme.)

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