[Info-vax] 2009 VMS Bootcamp notice

[etmsreec at yahoo.co.uk]

On 12 Jan, 20:00, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca> wrote:
> etmsr... 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.
>

So you have systems given up to Bootcamp stuff and time that employees
should be spending on writing code writing presentations instead and
people out of the office when they should be on VMS Engineering work.
So what part of this doesn't cost HP?
Hotels and demos don't cost zero dollars.  Office space doesn't cost
zero dollars.  It all costs money.