[Info-vax] AXIS2/C, gSOAP

[Richard Maher]

Hi JF,

"JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote in message
news:4c5f046d$0$4758$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com...
> Neil Rieck wrote:
>
> > changed with the internet. Now word spreads very quickly about whether
> > a product is good, or more importantly, bad so companies began to flip
> > things around with 70% of a budget going into manufacturing with 30%
> > going into marketing.
>
> This applies when the manufacturer sees a future for the product.
>
> The problem with Palmer, Curly, Carly and Hurd is that they have been
> convinced that there is no future for VMS, but that the installed base
> is very loyal and won't move off. So they continue to provide enough
> fund to claim VMS is still being developped, and collect the support
> dollars. But they aren't about to start marketing or attemopt to grow a
> product for which they see no future.
>
> There is "middleware" within HP management which plays the role of
> convincing the COEs that VMS has no future. Stallard, Livermore, and
> remember Compaq's "Windows will eviscerate" (what was his name ?).
> Stallard and that Compaq guy are gone, but Livermore remains.
>
> Shane Robison (CTO)  seems to have clout within HP, and it would be
> interesting to hear from his mouth what he thinks of VMS.
>

With good reason, I've always believed that the quality of VMS is matched
only by the quality of the user-base and that the cream will always rise to
the top (despite the incompetents of those running the show).

Unfortunately the problems facing VMS for the last 15 years are both
cultural and endemic.It's the same reason the Indonesian football league is
in the state it's in and why Indonesia never qualifys for the World Cup. The
best players are just never given a chance :-(

Yes, VMS is the best (unless you want cheapest) OS on the market and has
some of the best software. Sadly those with vested interests in shit
software winning the cup means VMS, Axis2/C, IPsec, and Tier3 have to take a
dive.

Cheers Richard Maher

PS. The good news is, for 50$ the generals will let us out of jal and put us
on a boat to Australia!