[Info-vax] 2009 VMS Bootcamp notice

[David J Dachtera]

"Richard B. Gilbert" wrote:
> 
> Christopher wrote:
> > On Jan 11, 12:47 am, David J Dachtera <djesys... at spam.comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> >> JF Mezei wrote:
> >>> [snip]
> >>> Does HP really want more "HP is killing VMS" debates to start at this
> >>> point in time ?
> >> Does HP even really give two spits one way or the other?
> >>
> >> I'd lay odds that word from the top is, "hasten the demise by whatever
> >> means necessary". Otherwise, why all the "secrecy"? If they've nothing
> >> to hide, they should have no compunction about coming clean in public
> >> forum.
> >>
> >
> > HP has really draconian marketing rules.  We had to attend a big
> > training session about what we're allowed to say.  Even if we have
> > solid internal plans to release a feature, we're pretty much not
> > allowed to publish that anywhere publicly.  That's just how the whole
> > company operates.  Doesn't have anything to do with VMS.
> 
> That's hardly unusual.  You don't promise anything until you are certain
> that you can deliver it!

On the other hand, they KNOW they CAN deliver the current version of
OpenVMS - and that's still hush-hush!

D.J.D.