Re: This is the End... My Only Friend, The End...
From: John Smith (a_at_nonymous.com)
Date: 02/28/05
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:20:00 -0500
Didier MORANDI wrote:
> Hi Pals,
>
> I got two days ago a phone call from a friend from SW Engineering in
> the U.S. He spent 29 years and six months at DEC/CPQ/HP (PDP, VAX,
> Alpha, Itanium). He terminated his current project last week, then
> was called by his manager. The manager said (more or less) "good job,
> now, I'm sorry but "Business has changed" (sic). You may leave the
> Company. Good bye, good luck and thank you for all the coding".
>
> I do not think that a Company can fire people from Engineering with
> such skills if the Product is not going to be phased out soon.
There were many rumors going around that VMS Engineering was going to have
significant layoffs once 8.2 / 8.3 was released.
Your friend, was he involved in VMS exclusively? What's your idea of the
head count in VMS Engineering prior to January 1, 2005 and now?
-- OpenVMS - The classics never go out of style.
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