[Info-vax] to upgrade or not to upgrade

[Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER]

In article <4d5c4850-3b29-4b27-baae-60d55f4f2746 at z7g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, Ken Fairfield <ken.fairfield at gmail.com> writes:
>On May 20, 2:29=A0am, pe... at langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER) wrote:
>> In article <ir3nr7$ta... at online.de>, hel... at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) writes:
>> >It might be the last hobbyist upgrade. :-(
>>
>> Don't think so
>
>Why not?  Do you have some inside information?
>(You don't have to spill it here if it's a "if I told you,
>I'd have to kill you" deal... :-)

Because I'm a hobbyist, too. And I'm on V8.4
V8.4 was released last summer...

And I still don't think (but of course, don't know), that VMS hobbyist
licenses will go away before next vms version, but that is not the point.

>> Latest V8.4 ECOs are from May-2011
>
>Available only to those with a support contract,
>and currently there's no path to a support contract
>for hobbyists.

Yes, but I'm sure, you know one with a support contract...

>I'm with Phillip on this one.  I have media for V8.4,
>but no access to ECOs.  I'll stay with V8.3 until
>or unless something changes... :-(

Why? Vanilla V8.3 is as worse as vanilla V8.4. And you now don't have access
to V8.3 (or V7.3-2) ECOs at HPQ either. And you know how to get V8.4 ECOs...

Are you assuming, that V8.3 is better because HPQ obviously no longer
provides frequent V8.3 ECOs?

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Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTÖGER
Network and OpenVMS system specialist
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