At 17:46 -0700 8/9/04, Stan Sieler wrote:

>Re:
>> We do have a SW contract with HP and do patch, but are stuck on 6.5.  Our
>> test/development system is a 967 and our Corporate policy will not let me put
>> anything into production that we don't first test out on the test system.  I
>> have taken many beta patches in past history, but there isn't a lot to choose
>> from now.  Maybe, just maybe if HP were to allow 7.0 or 7.5 to be installed on
>> the 9x7's the beta testing would expand!  As for being unsure of patches, I have
>> had very few patch related problems over the past 20 years, so I feel good about
>> the patches HP produces.
>
>You should send a copy of the above to Dave Snow at HP (probably
>[log in to unmask]) ... if he isn't the person who made that non-HP-way
>decision (to prohibit the use of 7.0 on 9x7 systems), he'll at least
>know who did.  It won't help, but you might feel better :)

But you might make poor Dave Snow feel worse ;-)

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