[Info-vax] 2009 VMS Bootcamp notice

[William Webb]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:00 PM, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca>wrote:

> etmsreec at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>
> > I'm sure Sue and her colleagues would rather that the BootCamp be
> > canned for 2009 than have to make cuts elsewhere?
>
> Didn't you read the message from Hein a day or two ago ? Cuts are being
> made elsewhere in VMS. I suspect the true extent of the cuts being made
> to VMS are not going to be announced by HP.
>
> Bootcamp was not costing HP money. (in terms of cash). And employees
> that were based in new england didn't have to fly halfway around the
> world to meet customers beause Bootcamp was held next door to their
> offices.
>
>
> If you were HP, would you agree to host a training/marketing event where
> you need to ask ex-employees to make presentations on the new features
> you are just releasing ?
>
> The only way Bootcamp can work in 2009 is if it is run by a separate
> organisation who can then run an event with freedom to source speakers
> from ex employees and whatever remains of HP employees assigned to VMS.
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One place you could make your feelings known is on Nina Buik's blog:

http://hpusercommunity.org/blog_post_view.aspx?BlogPostID=4edaf2f3487b410c93b0572026d8afef

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