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Subject: Posting the Security Patch.
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Date: Mon, 8-Jun-87 08:35:34 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  8 08:35:34 1987
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I must heartily disagree with the notion that those of us not on software
support are "not entitled" to receive this patch. When d i g i t a l
sold us VMS they billed it as a secure (C2) operating system, and we
bought it as such. No-one expects d i g i t a l to give free help, but
when they make a screw-up of these proportions, then I expect them to put
it right for ANYONE who has bought their OS in spite of the usual the-supplier-
of-this-product-takes-absolutely-no-responsibility-whatsoever disclaimer
that has unfortunately become the industry standard.   If I wanted an
insecure operating system I would have gone for UNIX !  (By the way, thanks
Ed).
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