Just saw this note: HP trumps Dell's 3Par bid with US$1.6 billion offer http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/cdn/News.asp?id=58880 So on one hand (re: no free OpenVMS patches) HP is transmitting a message of poverty but on the other hand (re: 3Par bid) HP has got enough wealth to go shopping, WTF? NSR