On Thu, 13 May 1999 13:12:00 -0400, Bonnie Roman
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>But in the first section,  why some products have an asterisk?

The asterisk means the product was updated on this release relative
to the prior release (the prior release upon which this determination
is made is listed in the first dozen or so lines of HPSWINFO.)