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- From: robs@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Rob Slotemaker CRC)
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:54:49 GMT
- Subject: Re: DDS distribution (was: Patching policies of HP)
- Message-ID: <28510412@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com>
- Organization: HP-Sales Office-The Netherlands
- Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!hplextra!hpcc05!hpbbn!hpuamsa!robs
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- References: <1993Jan12.004319.16478@cognos.com>
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- Thanks for your comments. We are always pleased with comments which can lead
- to improvements, but I am personally not in a position to implement the
- improvements just right now. But let me give you some notes.
-
- You wrote "HP uses a periodical patching mechanism known as DART tapes".
- I think it is better not to use the word "patching" in this. We (Response
- Center Engineers) speak about patching when we send the customer a patch
- (called PHxx_nnnn). According to the documentation sent with each DART, the
- DART media includes one or more of the latest application products newly
- developed or updated by HP.
-
- One improvement has already been taken care of partially. As per DART 7
- customers with CD-ROM media only receive a new one when one or more of the
- products that are part of the contract has been updated. I don't know the
- details of DAT media, but there is difference between CD-ROM and DAT. CD-ROM
- media always contains all products, which are codeword protected. DAT media
- only contains products which are part of a customer's contract. So I can
- imagine that, when no product as part of a contract has been changed, we don't
- send an empty tape :-).
-
- The fileset document indeed is a large document and for those not familiar
- with reading such documents it indeed can be difficult to understand and get
- only the information you need from it. Maybe the document should be
- "customized" for each contract. I will see if I can initiate actions to let
- people at least think about that.
-
- I am glad your local support people could help you with the Allbase revision
- problem. Let's hope such problem don't occur very often.
-
- I personally think DART is a nice mechanism to get new or updated applications
- to the installed base. Are there any other things you think need to be
- improved ?
-
-
- Best regards,
-
- Rob Slotemaker, Dutch Response Center
-
-