Various people write:
...
> >> Hewlett-Packard has changed its terminal drivers to 'Streams PTY' and
> >> discontinued support of block mode starting with HP-UX 11.0.
...
> >> Robelle apologizes for any inconvenience this change has caused.
...
> >What the heck does Robelle have to apologize for?!?  It sounds like GSY
> >doing what CSY used to do - change things without regard to third parties.

HP seems hell-bent on slowly removing from HP-UX any vestige of
any HP-specific features.  It really makes you wonder why
there *is* an HP-UX kernel lab, and what they're doing.

Block mode support is just the latest in a *lonnnngggg* list of
worthwhile HP features that cost little or nothing to support ... and
yet were dropped, drastically affecting some users (and vendors).
Heck...*HP* has products not yet ported to HP-UX 11.0 because of
changes/deletions!

Looks like HP-UX needs to import some customer care concepts from
MPE land!

Hmmm...mayhap this (continuing loss of features) is a concern
Interex should be working on?

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