[Info-vax] to upgrade or not to upgrade

[Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER]

In article <ir3nr7$ta9$1 at online.de>, helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) writes:
>For various reasons, my planned upgrade from 7.3-2 to 8.3 was delayed.  
>Soon, I will have time for it, but am wondering if it is worth the 
>trouble.  My current patches seem OK, and I have all the patches which 
>were available up until the lockdown, both for 7.3-2 and 8.3.  Now with 
>no hobbyist patch access and, as far as I can tell, none on the horizon, 
>what do folks here recommend?  My choices are 7.3-2 or 8.3, at the patch 
>level available last October.  AFAIK there are no serious problems with 
>my current patch level.  What about 7.3-2 or 8.3 as of last October?
>
>It might be the last hobbyist upgrade.  :-(

Don't think so

>I've still had no luck in organising some sort of hobbyist patch access, 
>neither for free nor for a (reasonable) fee.  If anyone has any 
>suggestions, feel free to contact me via email.

I (still) recommend V8.4 (via V8.3 of course)

btw: Latest OpenVMS Alpha V8.3 ECO is from Feb-2011
(not really, but the VMS083A_FIBRE_SCSI V10 is still not listed)
VMS83A_UPDATE V16 - promised for Apr-2011 - is still missing

Latest V8.4 ECOs are from May-2011

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Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTÖGER
Network and OpenVMS system specialist
E-mail  Peter at LANGSTOeGER.at
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