[Info-vax] : Re: AXIS2/C, gSOAP

[FredK]

"JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote in message 
news:4c588b7c$0$30352$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com...
> FredK wrote:
>
>> You give me too much credit.  Aside from having worked on graphics and 
>> USB -
>> what exactly do you know about me or what I've done during my stay in VMS
>> engineering?
>
>
> You have anwered a number of my questions on c.o.v.... That takes a lot
> of patience and tolerance and makes you almost unique :-)
>
> (There are some others who have done so too, so in that regard, you are
> not unique).
>

LOL.  The argument can be made that only the foolish directly post here, 
since the risk of getting into trouble is far higher than anything else. 
Several people e-mail me with things that they sometimes want known - but 
who will not post here.

>
>
>> Do you want me to name some names of people who were much
>> better graphics engineers than me?
>
> Actually, it would have been nice to have had a list of VMS engineers
> over time.  I guess that could be built with access to source code
> (especially VAX source code).
>

LOL.  First, you unknowingly insult some very brilliant engineers that 
pulled off Alpha and then IA64.  These were no simple tasks.  Nor did all 
things begin and end with VAX.  Second, divining things from the sources is 
a tough one.  Yes, you will no doubt find many of the names of important 
engineers - but you will really need to understand the entire codebase to 
know how they were important.  Nor will some of the names you think you know 
as important show up - because their contributions were not directly related 
to actual code.

> Yes, there are a number of unsung engineers who never got known in the
> community. But those engineers who have the courage to face the
> community deserve special mention by the community :-)
>

Only in regards that for one reason or another that they are willing and 
able to spend time in such forums.

>
> BTW, out of curiosity, for those few who remain in the USA, do they get
> to travel to India for meetings once or twice, or is it all done via
> Skype or some other vide conferencing technique frm your homes ? (is it
> fair to assume that the remaining VMS engineers in the USA no longer
> have space in HP facilities ?)

It is not "fair" to assume anything.  For example, I haven't lived in New 
England for something like *6-7* years.  For my own reasons, I became a 
telecommuter long before any changes took place.  I see no reason to discuss 
how we run the internals of the organization or HP, suffice it to say that 
those in India end up working long evenings to be able to interact with HP 
in the US.  In terms of travel - even I have been to India - and found it 
very interesting and the people very welcoming - like DEC in 1979.