Re: Question for the Group

On Jun 11, 8:35 pm, David J Dachtera <djesys...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Folks,

I'll likely be severely chastised for this, but here goes...

I've been carrying on an exchange by private e-mail where it was suggested that
the negativity expressed in this forum is greatly damaging to VMS.

So, I'd like to solicit your comments on that, and also pose a question where
you can, effectively, wish for "the world": in your opinion, what would have to
happen to stem what is viewed as an endless stream of complaints and vitriol
here in comp.os.vms?

Please express yourself freely (but take a lesson from the Illinois high school
senior who almost wound up doing time for carrying that to an extreme). I'd
recommend containing yourself only as far as to suppress obscenities and
profanity - (blank) and (Censored) work, at least for me these days - as well as
suppressing any talk of violence which could lead to untold troubles. We don't
need that distraction.

Anyone who wishes to respond anonymously may send your reply directly to me -
how to demung the reply-to should be obvious. I will then "sanitize" and post
such messages, but be advised that I might clean up language, grammar,
punctuation, capitalization, etc. to mask characteristics that might divulge the
identity of an anonymous respondent.

Have at it - or have at me, whatever works for you.

--
David J Dachtera
dba DJE Systemshttp://www.djesys.com/

I used to talk on phone and thru email alot with the former
managers Rich Marcello and Mark Gorham ...

here is what they basically relayed ...

OpenVMS will only be marketed and recommended to
NICHE markets i.e. healthcare, stock exchanges,
lotteries ...

the mid and low end have been ignored, and only the
high end customers and government are being paid
attention ...

To their credit, they would have loved to change the
strategy of VMS, and they cracked the whip several
times for me to get some product help, but their hands
were tied from upper management ...

has this scenario changed since their departure?
It does not seem so ...

and there in lies the problem ...

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