[Info-vax] DEC product licencing, was: Re: VSI has a new CEO

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <sejtip$7s1$2 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
<clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 

> >> And with support, you had some expectation that they would fix bugs you
> >> found. Also, in the old days, patches were officially freely available.*
> >>
> 
> No. You could report the bug via a SPR form, but there was no right
> to a guaranteed response unless you had a support contract.
> 
> _If_ the problem was fixed however, you could eventually pick up the
> fix via the freely available patches.

Right.  That is what I mean by "patches freely available".  In 
particular, I used to install patches as a hobbyist.