[Info-vax] : Welcome to lockdown - HP limiting access to patches

[seasoned_geek]

On Oct 31, 10:13 am, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
> In article <acd0062a-6c4e-482c-8fc9-51d9fb2dd... at l20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>         seasoned_geek <rol... at logikalsolutions.com> writes:
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> > On Oct 23, 4:58 pm, Michael Kraemer <M.Krae... at gsi.de> wrote:
> >> seasoned_geek schrieb:
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> >> > On Oct 19, 10:27 am, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
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> >> >>>VMS may be gone from mainstream military operations,
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> >> >>I have been associated with the military since 1968. I have been doing
> >> >>military IT since 1979. VMS was never in "mainstream military operations".
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> >> > Actually, it was, and still is about as mainstream as it gets.
>
> >> >http://www.devbistro.com/jobs/120716
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> >> VAX/VMS and VAX basic being "mainstream"?
> >> I think not even JF would agree here.
> > Payroll is as mainstream as it gets.
>
> You obviously missed the poet that pointed out that this is a Naval
> Reserve job and not real Navy.  And in any case, all military pay is
> done by DFAS in Indianapolis and it definitely is not being done on
> VMS.
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> The only major user of VMS with any ties to the DOD that I am currently
> aware of is the VA.  And with the Medical Sector rapidly abandoning VMS,
> how long do you think it will be before the VA follows suit.  And, let
> me add that at this point in time the VA is in the process of a major
> enterprise re-engineering.  Is there anyone here who does not know what
> that most likely means as far as architecture of choice?
>
> bill
>
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