Gilles Schipper wrote:
>
> At 03:25 PM 1999-03-24 -0800, Michael L Gueterman wrote:
> >  During the management roundtable, this issue was brought up, and the
> >response (sorry I don't remember who answered it from the panel) was that
> >ANY user who has received MPE within the past three years would in fact
> >be entitled to a free upgrade to a Y2K compliant version.  No mention
> >was made as to how this would be accomplished, or even relayed to
> >those users, but they did agree to it.
> >
> I too have heard this, although with a slight difference - only those who
> have purchased their HP3000's from HP within the last 3 years would qualify.
>
> If true, this is another example of HP treating the 3000 community as
> second-class citizens when compared with the 9000 community.
>
> As far as I know, ALL HP9000 customers were offered FREE upgrades to
> y2k-compliant HP-UX 10.20 without any strings attached.
>
> If the 3-year rule were to be applied, I cannot imagine more than a handful
> of users who would qualify. If you think about it, how many systems bought
> later than 3 years ago from HP would not now be on 5.5, considering that
> many systems purchased from HP are bundled with at least one-year software
> support.
>
> Why should 3000 users be treated differently from 9000 users with respect
> to y2k-compliance?
>
> Of course I may be (and hope I am) way out of line because I have heard no
> official response to the question I electronically posed at the recent
> IPROF management round table.
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> Gilles Schipper
> GSA Inc.
> HP3000 & HP9000 System Administration Specialists
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I was under the impression, based on some court rulings I have seen
coming from North America, that upgrades to Y2K compliance via
patches/upgrades must be supplied free ( no strings allowed ). I believe
Australia is to enforce such precedence too.

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