Jon,

The pricing I mentioned concerns the transfer of the VMS operating system
and the collective layered products. The rationale of the two prices seems
to be that if you transfer to an OpenVMS/Alpha host, you already run a
version of VMS (hence 500$), if you transfer to a host running another OS it
is 1000$.
The details are provided here:
http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/sri-charon-vax-emulator.html

We have not yet discussed internally any PA-RISC emulator pricing. For now
we are planning an engineering prototype.

We have had multiple bad experiences with a VAX emulator hobbyist version,
which we now have permanently withdrawn. I doubt very much that we would
bring out a free hobbyist version for a PA-RISC emulator.

Regards, Robert

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan M. Backus [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 01:37
> To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: [OPENMPE] MPE Licensing
>
>
> Robert (SRI),
>
>       Thank-you for joining in from a VAX emulator (and potential PA-RISC
> emulator) prospective.  You mentioned two different prices based
> on the host
> platform.  Are these two different prices for the VMS license or the
> CHARON-VAX emulator license?
>
>       On a similar note, I'd like to hear the thoughts of the
> three possible
> PA-RISC emulator vendors (Allegro, SRI, and Strobe Data) on pricing
> structure.  Let's assume for a minute that HP does come out with
> the single
> flat price for a new MPE license and one for a license transfer.
> Are any of
> you thinking along the lines of a hobbyist (or non-production) version of
> the emulator (at very low cost) as well as a professional (or production)
> version (at a more "business like" cost)?  If so, what might be your
> criteria for distinguishing the two and limited the use of the "hobbyist"
> version?
>
> Thanx,
>       Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OpenMPE Support Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> Robert Boers
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 11:55 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [OPENMPE] MPE Licensing
>
>
> Note that the VMS / layered products transfer license to run on CHARON-VAX
> that we obtained from CompaqHP is a flat fee one. It only depends
> on the new
> host platform: 1000$ for Windows, Linux etc. hosts and 500$ for
> OpenVMS/Alpha hosts.
>
> The fee is independent of the VAX model emulated or host system
> performance.
>
> Robert Boers
>