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- From: franks@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Frank Slootweg CRC)
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 14:38:39 GMT
- Subject: Re: When will HP supply PATCHES before they are Required?
- Message-ID: <28510355@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, The Netherlands
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- References: <721721627snx@johnwuu.canb.auug.org.au>
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- johnw@johnwuu.canb.auug.org.au (John Wright) writes:
-
- > I have previously asked for proactive supply of patches from HP and been told
- > that their patches might have unintended side affects, and thus it is not a
- > good idea to apply a patch until we have encountered a problem.
- >
- > Is this still the official HP line??
-
- As you probably are well aware of, you can not expect any "official"
- answers in this forum, but yes, this is, as far as I know, generally,
- still the official policy.
-
- Supporting patches in the presence/absence of other patches is not a
- simple matter. As one of our Sun colleagues once said in this forum
- (quoted from memory): The industry has a name for the tested and
- supported set of all patches, it is called a "release". :-)
-
- However you might be interested in the proactive patch (management)
- assistance offered by the recently introduced (or to be introduced
- (depending on country)) "Personalized Support" and "Premier Support"
- System Support packages (level 6 and 7). Please contact your HP support
- organization for details.
-
- Frank Slootweg, HP, Dutch Customer Response Center
-