Re: VMS is being ported to Itanium - but will there be any support

From: John Travell (john_at_jomatech.com)
Date: 09/06/03 

Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 10:04:09 +0100

"Wayne Sewell" <wayne@tachysoft.com> wrote in message
news:00A25708.71C81E82.3@tachysoft.com...
> >>
> >> That perspective neglects to take into account that many of us former
> >> DEC employees are still in the business of supporting VMS systems
> >> and are gearing up to support Alpha to Itanium migrations.
> >>
> >
> >True, but we are a distributed bunch.
> >Do we need an 'umbrella' organisation to grab the public attention ?
> >We could all contract our services to that entity and act as local or
> >specialist support resources to satisfy the customer demand. If we all
> >contributed to the pot, a major publicity campaign could become
affordable.
> >
>
> Those of us who are not former dec employees, but vms specialists
nonetheless,
> could also cooperate in such a venture.

If anything like the 'umbrella organisation' I commented about earlier were
to come about, it would need to encompass everyone capable of adding value
to it, regardless of their employment history.

There, I had the idea, done my bit, over to the crowd now :-)
Seriously though, we do need a means of making a big noise about VMS. None
of us can afford to do so individually, and HP does not seem to be willing
to do so. Suitable publicity can only be a good thing, and the outcome
should be good for most of us.
Comments ? 

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John Travell
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