[Info-vax] Layered products, the HP view !?!

[Keith Parris]

On 6/21/2015 2:32 AM, Dirk Munk wrote:
> HP will still support their version of OpenVMS for several years to
> come. Now what happens if HP OpenVMS or a layered products needs to be
> patched. Will VSI write the patch and supply it to HP as well as to its
> own version of the product? It wouldn't be a good thing of course if HP
> would continue (well, continue.... :-) ) to write their own patches.

HP plans to continue to support 8.4 and earlier versions according to 
HP's OpenVMS Roadmap at http://hp.com/go/openvms/roadmap/, so HP would 
be the one releasing the patches for those versions. VSI will produce 
patches for 8.4-1H1 and their subsequent releases. From what I've 
observed, HP and VSI share information about bugs found and fixes 
produced, so each company benefits from the efforts of both, and each 
can apply a fix to the version(s) they are responsible for.

If and when HP ends all support for a given version, the agreements 
allow VSI to choose to continue support for that version from that point 
onward. Or, if VSI releases a new version of any product, VSI can of 
course support that new version.