[Info-vax] : Welcome to lockdown - HP limiting access to patches

[Rich Jordan]

On Aug 18, 11:09 am, Art Wiens <awi... at canwest.com> wrote:
> Anyone else see this at the ITRC main page? :
>
> Important note: As of September 18 (or shortly thereafter), HP will institute a change in the way that Patch services are accessed. Beginning at that time, Patch access will be through the ITRC support portal. You need to have a valid ITRC user ID and password and ***** will now also need an active HP support agreement that includes Software Updates linked to your ITRC profile to access Patch content and services. *****
>
> "No patches for you!  Next!" (Patch Nazi)
>
> And while you're at ITRC staring in disbelief, can you stop in at the VMS Forum and help me with my DCPS problem?
>
> Cheers,
> Art
> --
> "Cheer up ... things could get worse"
> So he did ... and they did!

>>> "This change brings HP in alignment with accepted industry practices for software patch delivery and ensures entitled customers and partners are provided with the most current software patches for their IT environment."

They couldn't even come up with new buzzwords... same old 'other
companies screw their customers so we're going to also'.  This also
may severely cripple the Hobbyist program...

I'd send a message to the company CEO but I understand he's not taking
calls right now.