[Info-vax] 2009 VMS Bootcamp notice

[etmsreec at yahoo.co.uk]

On 12 Jan, 15:09, DaveG <david.gudew... at abbott.com> wrote:
> On Jan 12, 9:00 am, Christopher <nadiasver... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 7, 6:53 pm, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
> > > Asking a question here, not trying to pass judgement.
>
> > > What is the feeling about cancellation of the bootcamp ? Is this purely
> > > because they feel not enough people would show up due to economic
> > > circumstances ?
>
> > I am an HP employee.  Due to the "economic situation" HP cancelled
> > pretty much ALL non-sales related travel, and pretty much all non-
> > revenue-generating events.
>
> I heard the same thing from an OpenVMS Ambassador at a LUG (now
> chapter) steering committee meeting in Chicagoland last week.  ALL =
> not just OpenVMS, but ALL.

This is pretty much what I'd guessed from piecing together a few bits
that I'd heard.
My expectation is that the BootCamp, whilst great for installed base
marketing and great for spreading the word technically, would be
pretty expensive for HP in terms of manhours and dollars.  When you're
running just to keep still, things like this are bound to be cut.
Keeping the staff in jobs when you've had to raise all of your prices
just to keep the wolf from the door can be more important than running
the BootCamp.
I'm sure Sue and her colleagues would rather that the BootCamp be
canned for 2009 than have to make cuts elsewhere?