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

[seasoned_geek]

On Aug 19, 7:57 am, Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> It is funny you mentioned this because my employer owns hundreds of
> Solaris boxes which need patches and/or upgrades. Many managers are
> grumbling because Solaris used to be free but now the support fees
> will come out of their own local budgets. What is really odd is why
> people working for a large corporation would ever expect another large
> corporation to continue doing something for free. We all knew that SUN
> offered free software only to keep their hardware business alive (just
> as IBM has a line of free software for the same reason although they
> also have a line of not-free software) but free can only take you so
> far. Perhaps SUN should have given away free 12-month Solaris support
> with each new machine but then require a support contract after that.
>

I guess this means that Hobbyists will no longer get patches.  Most
likely the program won't even exist much longer.