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- From: seymour@milton.u.washington.edu (Richard Seymour)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: Re: Again, trouble with european HP-UX software support
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.175323.6871@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 17:53:23 GMT
- Article-I.D.: u.1992Jul24.175323.6871
- References: <1992Jul16.094631.182605@rrz.uni-koeln.de> <28510289@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com>
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- In article <28510289@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com> franks@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Frank Slootweg CRC) writes:
- ...in response to a meandering post of mine... (the following is EDITED!)
- >...I don't know if I can really compare apples to apples, but
- >from your descriptions I conclude that we have very similar services and
- ...yes... exactly my point... HP and DEC offer similar services, with
- occasional differences in shading and emphasis.
- >DEC HP
- >=== ==
- >Software Dispatch Software Status/Release Bulletin
- >DSIN HP SupportLine
- >Self Maintenance Binary Distribution BasicLine (every two months)
- >Software Performance Report Software/Documentation Problem Report
- >emergency bugs, local DEC office (Customer) Response Center
- >tracking system same (TRAK) at Response Center
-
- ... i find the above grid very clear and helpful... thanks for posting it!
- (Frank then discussed HP's tracking method re: my comments on them requesting
- a serial number and configuration of my machines... which i and a local HP
- person untangled in two ensuing telephone calls)
-
- i do have one additional comment: DSIN -does- allow the subscribing customer
- base to learn of, review and download almost ALL extant patches on VMS and
- its layered products. i do not know how well it serves their Unix base.
- i have seen many postings here bemoaning the lack of all patches on the
- ftp support.hp.com server (and Europe's country-by-country access/lack-of
- thereto). I was simply trying to compare and contrast, so that users
- could pester their salesforce to improve their (and my!) situation.
- --dick
-