Re: Accuweather video mentions VMS (TWICE!)

From: David J Dachtera (djesys.nospam_at_comcast.net)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 20:02:14 -0500

"Alan E. Feldman" wrote:
>
> Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon@news.widomaker.com> wrote in message news:<bi5fcc.lt2.ln@escape.goid.lan>...
> > On 2004-07-06, Alan E. Feldman <spamsink2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I've viewed so few videos from the Net that this has never happened to
> > > me. I've had problems viewing videos, yes. But still this is great to
> > > see HP promoting VMS, even if it's not the best possible effort. Why
> > > don't you ask them to remove the video and destroy it? Would that be
> > > better?
> > >
> > > I'm not going to let the nitpickers ruin this for me. I enjoyed
> > > watching it a lot.
> >
> > If they aren't providing it in a standard format, just how seriously
> > can you take this "promotion" of VMS?
>
> You would prefer a promotion of something else on a VMS-friendly or
> otherwise "standard" format?

Non-sequitur.

> Come on. Any VMS promotion is better than none.

Well, yes and no. A promo. targetted to Windows users only seems like a
half-effort, worthy of recognition, but leaves the audience wanting (as
evidenced by this thread). A promo. that is agnostic of platform seems
to make a stronger statement, IMHO.

> Which would get a more positive response from hp in the future?
> Thanking hp for this promotion and asking them to use a "standard
> format" in the future or just harping on them without the slightest
> recognition of them having done something good?

Depends. Were they not so consistent in ignoring the non-Windows
population, one might be more inclined to overlook the short-fall. When
their every move re-validates the "Windows is the world, the world is
Windows" mantra, ... fill in your own ending to that sentence.

> If you did something you thought was good and people just yelled at
> you for not doing it quite right, would that encourage you to do more
> and try to correct what you did wrong?

Ask that question of a child development expert. The answer might
surprise you.

> If Guy Peleg implemented some
> cool new DCL function but did something slightly wrong, would you yell
> at him for it instead of thanking him and then expect him to continue
> to be enthusiastic about adding functionality to DCL? I think not!

Well, typically this group will be among the first to find/point out the
faults. I like to think that the likes of Guy, Fred, etc. would exploit
that to their best advantage (a ready group of beta-testers, if somewhat
sharp-toothed).

Just MHO - YMMV...

D.J.D.

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