[Info-vax] Cerner might be realizing HP-UX is industry joke

[DaveG]

On Dec 3, 8:40 am, Sue <susan_skonet... at hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 26, 7:25 pm, seasoned_geek <rol... at logikalsolutions.com> wrote:
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> > This just showed up.
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> >http://www.americasjobexchange.com/seeker/jobsearch/quick?action=JobS...
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> > Cerner appears to be actively looking for OpenVMS skills.  Even after
> > they were told that OpenVMS was not strategic by HP.  My guess would
> > be their installed base decided to jump vendors rather than operating
> > systems...well...some of them were smart enough...enough of them that
> > Cerner is once again listing OpenVMS skills as a requirement in their
> > job postings.
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> > I provided the link here because I know some of you worked with Cerner
> > products on OpenVMS before Cerner was told that OpenVMS was not
> > strategic for HP...hmmm...I wonder if Gartner was paid to say that as
> > its own "industry analysis"?  Seems to be pretty much how they
> > generate all of their "industry analysis", whatever a vendor pays them
> > to say.
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> Cerner has some wonderful VMS people there and I would highly recomend
> them is anyone is looking for a job.  Please do remember that they had
> VMS for years so would have a number of customers and a number of
> projects running VMS.  When the decision was made not to port to
> Integrity by the powers that be, I am sure they thought it was for the
> best.  But as we all know VMS customers usually prefer to stay on VMS
> for which I am very happy about.
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While this will probably remain a mystery, I wonder what the _real_
story was behind the Cerner decision not to stick with VMS.

Maybe Indiana Jones will dig it up a few centuries from now.

Dave...