[Simh] VMS Hobbyist Licenses

[Jonathan Welch]

I fired up my simh VMS system for the first time in a few weeks only to see
I was getting expired license messages.

Even with VAX-VMS expired I could log in with my own account to OPA0.

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020, 10:29 AM Robert Thomas <rft at asthomas.com> wrote:

> The potential real revenue stream from VAX users with hobbyist licenses is
> small, but HPE should be able to put a significant dollar value on the Good
> Will generated by issuing perpetual licenses.
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> Historically the sales and marketing people at DEC, COMPAQ, HP and HPE
> have placed no value on customer loyalty and good will.  Too many of their
> marketing decisions have been short sighted killing the cash cow that users
> created using the various flavors of RSX on PDP-11’s and VMS on VAXen, AXP
> and Itanium.
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> Sincerely,
>
> Robert F. Thomas
>
> *A. S. Thomas, Inc.*
>
>  44 Industrial Way
> Norwood, MA USA 02062
> (  Office Phone - (781) 329-9200
> * mail to: rft at asthomas.com
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