[Info-vax] New RoadMap out for VMS

[Steven Schweda]

On Oct 3, 6:57 am, MG <marcog... at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:

> Did they ever thank you or offer you, say, patch access in
> return for your work?  (Which, from their perspective, would
> only allow you to 'do your work even better'.)


   You must be asleep and dreaming.

   I asked OpenVMS.Programs at hp about hobbyist patch access
(along with an MMS bug report, and a complaint about
black-hole "feedback" Web forms) back around 23-AUG-2010.
About a day later, I was told:

      Please note that patch kits for Hobbyist licenses is
      currently an open item.  We would have definite answer
      on that in next couple of weeks.

Hearing nothing, I re-asked around 5-OCT-2010.  Around
18-OCT-2010 I was told:

      All hobbyists are also required to buy the support pack
      to ensure getting patches.

Along with a complaint about that policy, I asked
(18-OCT-2010) about the cost of such a "support pack".
Hearing nothing, I asked again (21-DEC-2010).  Again, no
useful response.  Along the way, I also pointed to related
discussions on comp.os.vms and on the HP ITRC forum.  I've
concluded that it's probably hopeless, and that I have no
real influence, which is why I expect to be migrating away
from VMS before very long.  I find it all very sad, but I
also have little or no control over the situation.