[Info-vax] OT: HP restricts firmware upgrades to only those on warranty.

[Richard Dyson]

On Saturday, February 8, 2014 3:12:20 PM UTC-5, JF Mezei wrote:
> > http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Technical-Support-Services-Blog/Customers-for-life/ba-p/154423#.UvaOcPam-tU
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> This week, HP announced that effective February 19, 2014, we will
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> provide firmware updates through the HP Support Center only to customers
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> with a valid warranty, Care Pack Service or support agreement.
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> Remember when HP restricted access to patches ? Well they keep on
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> expanding the bonehead move. And that means it os less likely they would
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> revert their decision on access to VMS patches.
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> In fairness, would it be fair to state that servers rarely get firmware
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> upgrades after the first year when they have already been replaced by
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> new models ?

It's ironic because I was just checking to see if they ever gave us the patch access back(want working Xforwarding in 8.4) and now I find this. Well done HP, well done... -_-