Re: An interesting Search result
From: John Vottero (John_at_mvpsi.com)
Date: 04/02/04
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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 16:01:03 GMT
"John Smith" <a@nonymous.com> wrote in message
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> At the Wall Street Journal website http://online.wsj.com/search (paid
> access):
>
> Search Term: OpenVMS
> Timeframe: last 12 months
> Hits: 0
>
> Search Term: Solaris
> Timeframe: last 12 months
> Hits: 17
>
> --------------
>
> Search Term: OpenVMS
> Timeframe: since 1996
> Hits: 3
>
> Search Term: OpenVMS
> Timeframe: since 1996
> Hits: 171
>
> -------------
>
> Do you think that CIO's and CTO's and IT managers read the WSJ?
> I do.
>
> Do you think HP cares about selling anything to this group other than
> BillyBoxes and ink?
> Judging by what HP advertises in the WSJ, I don't.
>
> I'd say that Digital/Compaq/HP's policy of issuing only press releases and
> not advertising OpenVMS is having the desired results - permitting
'editors'
> to edit out any mention of OpenVMS, thereby further marginalizing a
> profitable product.
>
You have to read the articles. How many of the Solaris mentions occurred in
a sentence like "The XYZ web site was down for three days because of trouble
with their Sun Solaris servers".
:)
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