[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

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On Nov 28, 5:28 am, Alan Feldman <alanfeldma... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 24, 7:13 am, Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> > On Nov 23, 12:56 pm, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderh... at telia.com>
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> > > Simon Clubley wrote 2011-11-23 17:01:
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> > > > 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:
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> > > >    Please note HP can no longer support this item from: 31.12.2012
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> > > > This is on part number QA-001AA-GZ "OVMS Full Documentation".
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> > > > Has anyone else seen this on their contracts for next year ?
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> > > > 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.
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> > > > After all these years, it will strange not having a current VMS doc kit
> > > > on my bookcase when the next VMS versions come out.
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> > > > At the prices HP charge, they must make a profit on it, so I wonder why
> > > > they have stopped.
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> > > > 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 ?
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> > > > Simon.
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> > > 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.
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> > Us too. As soon as electronic docs were available on CD-ROM (IIRC this
> > was 1998-1999) we stopped the paper docs. It was better for us (cuz
> > the stuff was searchable) and better for the planet.
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> > Neil Rieck
> > Kitchener / Waterloo / Cambridge,
> > Ontario, Canada.http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/
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> Better for the planet? The planet's been around for approximately 5
> billion years. It'll likely be around for another 5 billion years. Not
> to worry.
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> AEF

I must give at least partial credit to George Carlin for the above
remark.

AEF