[Info-vax] VMS on a PC

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In article <3YSdncVO7K7mZezUnZ2dnUVZ_qTinZ2d at earthlink.com>, "Michael D. Ober" <obermd. at .alum.mit.edu.nospam.> writes:
>"FrankS" <sapienza at noesys.com> wrote in message 
>news:ab3e1cd4-5bb5-45bd-9ae9-f7f3e4a0632c at m12g2000vbp.googlegroups.com...
>On Jan 17, 12:17 am, "faceman28... at yahoo.com" <faceman28... at yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>> I just searched here in NYC for VMS jobs on DICE and found 2 (TWO)
>> listed. I just get the impression from my peek of interest that HP is
>> just content to let VMS wither and die on the vine.
>
>I wouldn't guess at the number of remaining VMS sites based on the
>number of job openings.  Whether it indicates the lack of new, never-
>before installations in one specific geography is a different
>argument.
>
>That being said, I have pretty good information that over the past
>couple of years fewer subscribers have been reporting OpenVMS sites on
>CMP Media surveys.  That's either a sign of the decline of OpenVMS
>installations, or that fewer people at OpenVMS sites are subscribing
>to CMP Media publications.
>
>
>=================
>I would say it's both.  CMP almost never talks about anything relavent to 
>VMS, so we simply have stopped subscribing to their publications.  Also, as 
>old hardware dies (not the OS, the hardware), the replacement cost for 
>Windows or Linux is far cheaper than replacing the VMS.  Replacing VMS with 
>Windows/Linux solutions also gains the benefit of being able to purchase off 
>the shelf software that meets 90% of your needs while eliminating the 
>payroll required to keep custom VMS developers on staff.  Unfortunately, in 
>6 months when you have to hire a new admin at the same or higher cost, most 
>CEOs and CFOs simply forget about the fact that they had 99% of their 
>requirements met previously at the same price.

CMP?  Compel Micro$oft Purchases?

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