[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[abrsvc]

On Nov 23, 11:01 am, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-
Earth.UFP> wrote:
> I'm just sorting out my HP VMS contract for next year and there's the
> following notice against my VMS paper documentation line item:
>
>         Please note HP can no longer support this item from: 31.12.2012
>
> This is on part number QA-001AA-GZ "OVMS Full Documentation".
>
> Has anyone else seen this on their contracts for next year ?
>
> The line item is also listed on next year's contract at 0.00 UKP instead
> of it's usual value (which I cannot state: work policy), which implies to
> me that I should not expect to see any more VMS paper documentation out of
> HP and that this is basically my 12 months notice.
>
> After all these years, it will strange not having a current VMS doc kit
> on my bookcase when the next VMS versions come out.
>
> At the prices HP charge, they must make a profit on it, so I wonder why
> they have stopped.
>
> BTW: Personally, while I use online resources for reference material,
> I still prefer to use paper for tutorial/conceptual type reading when a
> paper option is available. Am I alone in this ?
>
> Simon.
>
> --
> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
> Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world

I too have had difficulty obtaining the paper docs.  I have resorted
to printing them locally.  When just looking up a single item, the
online version is fine.  Many times however, a particularly difficult
rpioblem has me looking at several manuals at a time.  While multiple
open windows can work, it is easier with paper.  Perhaps this is a
throwback to earlier (pre-online) times...

Dan