[Info-vax] HPE support still issuing new V/I64 V8.4 patches beyond Q1/2017?

[Bob Gezelter]

On Friday, August 3, 2018 at 1:34:40 PM UTC-4, Rod Regier wrote:
> Can anyone comment on whether Hewlett Package Enterprise OpenVMS Sustaining Engineer have been issuing new OpenVMS/I64 V8.4 patches since Q1 2017 for their contract customers?
> 
> I was reviewing whether there is value in renewing a software support agreement with HPE with emphasis on new patch availability.
> 
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> I'm presuming that if I purchased an OpenVMS support agreement from VSI
> the only binaries they could supply me would be for VSI licensed versions
> of OpenVMS/I64.
> 
> Thanks

Rod,

I believe that VSI only issues patches for VSI versions of OpenVMS.

On the other hand, VSI OpenVMS 8.4-2 has improvements over HP OpenVMS 8.4. They are often worth having.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com