[Info-vax] Silver lining? (was: Re: 2009 VMS Bootcamp notice)

[Richard Maher]

Hi JF,

> invaluable!  However, given today's economic status and realizing that
> many companies are restricting travel including HP, we find ourselves in
> a position of having to cancel this year's OpenVMS Boot Camp.

On the up-side, just think about all that extra "free time" that the HP/VMS
speakers, presenters, and the attendees now have on their hands. Hey, is
that a "CRON Scheduler for VMS" project I hear starting up? But who on earth
would be willing to head-up such a valuable and worthy project? Chance to
give EDS a guernsey? Last time I looked they also had their full-complement
of navel-gazing wasters.

> I wonder if HP might replace this with travelling presentations (if
> people can't afford to travel, perhaps get Sue and a few enginers to
> travel to people).

Or they could just come out of their ivory towers and use the bloody
internet like everyone else! Ooh and face unpleasantness and unsavoury
characters; surely they'll bruise?

Depemds whether you're trying to communicate with the user-base or control
what the user-base has to say to your manager, I suppose.

NDA my arse!

Regards Richard Maher

PS. If you got a copy of Sue's last "VMS Update" then I'd be curious to see
that as well.

"JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote in message
news:0050a3de$0$4649$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com...
> I got an email from Sue, and it hadn't been posted here yet. Hope Sue
> won't mind my posting it here.
>
> From: McQuaid, Ann
> To: Skonetski, Susan
> Cc: Herman, Wendy
> Subject: boot camp
>
> Hello Boot Camp Attendees,
>
> As you know, the OpenVMS team prides itself on conducting the very
> highest quality Technical Training in the industry, allowing for a
> collaborative exchange of information and ideas with Customers and
> Partners around the world.  There is no doubt that the knowledge shared
> and the personal connections made during these face-2-face events is
> invaluable!  However, given today's economic status and realizing that
> many companies are restricting travel including HP, we find ourselves in
> a position of having to cancel this year's OpenVMS Boot Camp.
>
> As always we greatly appreciate your business and welcome your calls and
> emails.
>
>
>  Ann McQuaid
> General Manager
> OpenVMS, Tru64, Alpha & MCBS Customer Programs
> Hewlett-Packard Company
> ann.mcquaid at hp.com<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx at hp.com>
> Admin: Susan Christie
> 598-467-9999
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> I wonder if HP might replace this with travelling presentations (if
> people can't afford to travel, perhaps get Sue and a few enginers to
> travel to people).
>
> In terms of Mrs McQuaid's title, does anyone know what MCBS is ?
>
> Does her title really mean "General manager of mature technologies" ?