RE: 'On order only' PTFs

I tend to agree with you Scott.  Their counter argument is "if they can 
run for a month or so without any problems, why couldn't they run for all 
perpetuity without any problems.  Wouldn't the ptf's then potentially 
introduce new problems?"
Granted, a new MCH#### error after a ptf install is not a happy day.  But 
there is the potential that you are experiencing problems, and may not be 
aware of it.  Like some of the "Integrity Problem" ptf's.  Or, let's say a 
ptf that will help you actually recover if you have a disk failure, but 
failure to have this ptf, prior to the recovery, may be catastrophic.  Or 
the ptf's that will better handle temporary space.

Rob Berendt