I'd expect that the HPE educational license program has been
discontinued, as HPE discontinued the partner program last year. VSI
does have a partner program active and has discussed additional
programs, but I've not heard of any VSI educational or hobbyist
licensing programs starting to issue licenses.
Try contacting the HPE OpenVMS folks via the Hobbyist link (below) and
ask them whether the educational program is still available and for how
to obtain licenses, or try contact the VSI folks (below) and ask them
if they've started an educational program. The latter approach will
get you more current software, if they're interested in issuing the
necessary licenses.
https://www.hpe.com/h41268/live/index_e.aspx?qid=24548
in...@vmssoftware.com
I'd also ask the VSI folks for license and support quotes. From the
various VSI quotes I've been a party to, their prices are decent.
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