[Info-vax] Cluster boot delay

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <FLFGxJBSLS79 at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes: 

> In article <ibs675$7aj$2 at online.de>, helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) writes:
> > 
> > OpenVMS - the secure, multi-site OS that simply works if you have a 
> > support contract
> 
>    Oh, come on.  This isn't Windows.  My VMS systems have always just
>    kept on running whethre I had a support contract ot not.

The systems themselves, sure.  However, some patches/upgrades are 
necessary in (my) real world, such as anti-spam features in TCPIP.  Some 
are nice improvements, like improvements in volume shadowing.  I doubt 
any hobbyist needs or wants support (hardware or softare) in the narrow 
sense; part of the fun is doing one's own support.  But it seems that 
patch access is now only possible in conjunction with some sort of 
support.