[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Simon Clubley wrote 2011-11-23 17:01:
> 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.
>

I havn't used a pre-printed VMS manual in probably 15 years. I do not
think they have anything that the PDF's doesn't have, content wise.
I think they (HP) can spend there time better then to pack and ship
manuals.