HPUX and 8+ character host names

From: Eigenvector (m44_master_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/21/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:37:36 -0800

Why does HPUX 11.11 still have an 8 character hostname limit? What I mean
is why does set_parms complain about this, why does SAM choke on it? Is
there a patch to fix this, am I missing something (not surprising if I was).