[Info-vax] Like sands thru the hour glass

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In article <001a48cd$0$13187$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>Keith Parris wrote:
>
>> I see your argument is starting to soften -- you're now willing to admit 
>> that there are at least a few non-US engineers who are experienced, 
>> capable, and who have stuck with OpenVMS for the long term. So all that 
>> needs to be corrected is your perception that only a small fraction of 
>> the VMS engineers are of this level.
>
>If HP didn't hire a bunch of drones to complement the small remaining
>group of experienced people, then it means that VMS engineering suffered
>a greater than expected manpower loss when they fired all the
>experienced people that worked under Fink/McQuaid.
>
>(The indian team is under a totally different corp structure that
>apparently meets the old one only at the Livermore level.)
>
>I have not bothered subscribing to Sujatha's mailing list. Has she been
>sending out stuff at regular intervals ? Any news on what 8.4 will come
>out ?

I thought Sue asked all of us if she could hand over out emails for
that list her departure from the hallowed halls of Spit Brook Road.

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