[geeks] some photos of my collection

[Dave McGuire]

On Sunday, October 27, 2002, at 02:22 AM, Chris Hedemark wrote:
>> I noticed one error on the page.  You can get a Hobbyist license
>> for OpenVMS for free.  You aren't restricted to one CPU like the
>> Sun license, either.
>
> I poked around for awhile looking for that when I got the alphas 
> earlier this month and could only find a for-money license.  I found a 
> couple of pages that made reference to a hobbyist license, but only if 
> you were a member of certain organizations (which I'm not).  :-(  
> Example: http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist/ ... it seems to join 
> Encompass, just to get OpenVMS, it would cost about $90.  I signed up 
> for an associate affiliation with them to see if that was enough to 
> get the license.  They do make you jump through more hoops than Sun.
>
> Do you know if there is something like this for Tru64 as well?

   I'm pretty sure there is a Tru64 hobbyist program.  I don't know 
anything about it but I'm almost positive I've heard some mention of it 
in the past.

        -Dave

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Dave McGuire                  "Mmmm, big."
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