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

[Neil Rieck]

On Feb 15, 3:38 am, Michael Kraemer <M.Krae... at gsi.de> wrote:
> Phillip Helbig---undress to reply schrieb:
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> > Any idea where a hobbyist (or anyone else who doesn't already have a
> > support contract) can get a quote?
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> I don't quite understand why people here are so eager to get
> VMS patches.
> I'm always being told that VMS is made by elves and mental
> superheroes, so it shouldn't need patches at all, no?

No, mere mortals :-)
I was just installing this supposedly brand new OS when I logged onto
www.itrc.hp.com and noticed that the Alpha flavour of OpenVMS-8.4 is
already at consolidated patch #400 (the fourth one).

NSR