--- "Dave Powell, MMfab" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> What do the wise ones thing of the wisdom/folly of testing beta
> patches on a production machine ?

sometimes you's gots to do what you's gots to do :-)

> I ask because I am interested in the user function patches (mpemxp9 &
> mpemxq0?), but we only have one 3000, no separate crash-and-burn box.

i'm not sure why these patches haven't gone gr.  i've had them
installed for quite sometime....  as far as i'm concerned they're
stable.

> Related questions:
> How safe does HP think those patches are?  Can anyone at least
> promise they won't crash the system ?

ain't no one gonna promise that :-)  but, imo, they're not going to
crash your box.

> What are the odds of these patches coming off beta anytime soon ?

maybe someone at hp can answer that....       - d

Donna Garverick, HP-CSA   Sr. System Programmer
dgarverick -at- longs -dot- com
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