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

[IanMiller]

On Aug 18, 5:09 pm, 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!


Note this change is not just for OpenVMS but applies to HPUX and other
HP OS too.