Yes, I know. Linux already having won is my point. The window for VMS's mainstream relevance ended decades ago. New companies won't be adopting VMS today no mat

Yes, I know. Linux already having won is my point. The window for VMS's mainstream relevance ended decades ago. New companies won't be adopting VMS today no matter how many free hobbyist licenses you offer. It's just not going to happen. So VMS in 2023 exists to service the existing customer base. We're way past the point where VMS can hope to roll up to the commercial level at new companies by offering free licenses to a few scrappy hobbyists. Decades ago that could have worked. Today the landscape is different. VSI knows all of this, of course. I really don't think they intend to compete with Linux in 2023 with hobbyist licenses. That was never in the cards.