[Info-vax] This just in -- Update to Bootcamp Trip report

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In article <nucug9$1d3k$1 at news.kjsl.com>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes:
>In article <00B10E6D.27650022 at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- 
>@SendSpamHere.ORG writes: 
>
>> There used to be a time when VMS information was *FREELY* shared with the
>> community.  Now we restrict it to people running WEENDOZE.  So sad, so so
>> sad.
>
>Not just information, but hobbyists could download patches for free.
>(Paying customers tend to be more conservative, installing only patches
>that they think they really need; I'm sure that some hobbyists found and
>reported bugs which were later fixed.) 
>
>If I had a time machine and went back, say, 25 years, and needed to 
>really confuse someone, I would say: Within your lifetime, VMS patches 
>will not be publicly available.  But there will be practically unlimited 
>free porn!

ROTFLMFAO!  Sad but true.  However, you can't watch that free porn on VMS!

I've been happy with the various ISV access programs over the years from
the DPSS program with DEC, CSA with Compaq, myriad-names-of-the-week with
HP, and now VSI has a program too.  I understand the hobbyists' complaints
however.

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