Re: OpenVMS Alpha V8.2 distribution

From: Schroeder, AJ (aj1_at_qg.com)
Date: 02/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 08:02:16 -0600

"John Santos" <john@egh.com> wrote in message
news:rucQd.26452$wc.5294@trnddc07...
> Schroeder, AJ wrote:
> > <johnhreinhardt@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:1108409898.537479.94860@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> >
> >>Jeff Goodwin wrote:
> >>
> >>>My OpenVMS Alpha V8.2 distribution arrived today.
> >>>
> >>>You'll all be happy to know that the box has a Java Compatible logo
> >>
> >>on it.
> >>
> >>>:)
> >>>
> >>>-Jeff
> >>
> >>Great! Now I wonder how long before they show up on Ebay so us
> >>hobbyist types can get a copy...
> >>
> >
> >
> > Yes, where do us hobbyist types get copies of the newest VMS releases?
>
> I'm getting mine by borrowing it from work :-)
>
> It's perfectly all right to beg or borrow a copy. Stealing is frowned
upon.
>
> Conventional wisdom is that putting a copy of it up on the Internet so
> people can download it is also right out.
>
> I don't know if there has been an actual post from someone at HP or if
> it is "obvious" (in the legalese sense of "obvious") from the hobbyist
> license agreement that this is illegal, but I wouldn't chance it. If
> it were okay, I think HP would put it up on their own web site if it
> were okay, so people downloading it would have some assurance they were
> getting the real thing and not a hacked trojan horse version or an
> obsolete beta.
>
> In the past, we have recieved two copies of most Alpha VMS kits, one
> with our support contract and one as DSPP members. Often when we renew
> the DSPP membership (annually) we get yet another copy of the latest
> O/S kit. I bet this is where many of the Ebay kits come from. Most
> sites really only need one copy. (I do like to keep two, though. It
> really stinks to discover you've got a scratched CD at 2AM on a Sunday
> morning in the middle of an upgrade.)
>
>
> --
> John Santos
> Evans Griffiths & Hart, Inc.
> 781-861-0670 ext 539

I tried that avenue, unfortunatley my employer is moving away from VMS so
our subscription is in an unknown status.

So, do they hobbyist licenses work with the latest releases? Or does the
license from DECUS only work with the version of VMS that comes with the
hobbyist CD kits? Reason I ask is that I might be able to get 7.3-2 and some
layered products from my employer, just not the leading edge.

As you can tell, I am new to VMS and the hobbyist program.

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