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by willemgrooters » Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:37 am
(also posted in Community Program)
I reversed my domain-registers to my ISP so my email is handled at my ISP. Main reason is I have to do a lot of extra work on my mail frontend and the requirement to install and configure a mail client) in order to be able to receive mail from any sender, and send mail from to any receiver, which would take quite a lot of time. With the upcoming abandoning of the current licensing program in 2025, it means the requirement afterward to re-download and re-configure a fixed x86-64 version each year, taking time again that I want to spend on other things. To be able to maintain my Alphas and Itaniums , I would have to apply for ambassador, but I think I do not qualify in terms of knowledge, or have any (open source) software to maintain or develop, and there is no indication of what is required. Even after over 30 years of experience as a programmer and regular attendant to the once famous OpenVMS bootcamps in Nashua (and Boston for the last ones).
If it is the company policy to deny existing, loyal, long-time professional and private users access to the systems they run for years, because of it's quality in security and robustness, there is no alternative to drop OpenVMS. I will not use any second-grade operating system for the Internet to access.