4 Aug
2014
4 Aug
'14
1:09 p.m.
On Aug 4, 2014, at 12:13 PM, R SMALLWOOD <rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:
Hi all
There's something about all of this that does not feel right.
How big is this outfit? I can't see how they are going to support mission critical
software on a world wide basis.
HP are now absolved from any future new VMS promises they may have made.
Where do Microsoft fit in this.
Finally will they endorse the hobbyist VMS program?
Their lineup of key players is pretty decent:
http://www.vmssoftware.com/about_kmgr.html
Sue Skonetski has been a very vocal VMS advocate for a long time,
and it's good to see her on board. Their software engineering
and R&D directors are also pretty decent; I see significant VMS
experience as well as TOPS-20 (!), which can't be bad.
Word has it that the hobbyist program is enthusiastically being
continued, though I need to deliver that with a [citation needed],
since I don't know where that's been said. With Sue Skonetski as
head of customer advocacy, though, I wouldn't be at all surprised.
- Dave