[Info-vax] I guess VMS can't lose?

Norm Raphael norman.raphael at charter.net
Tue Nov 9 10:12:08 EST 2010


---- Kerry Main wrote: 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com]
> > On Behalf Of JF Mezei
> > Sent: November-08-10 8:44 AM
> > To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> > Subject: Re: [Info-vax] I guess VMS can't lose?
> > 
> > Simon Clubley wrote:
> > 
> > > No, Kerry, _you_ don't get it.
> > 
> > I am sure Kerry Main, the human, gets it, and much more than you and me.
> > 
> > But Kerry Main, the HP employee, has to toe the corporate line and issue
> > statements like he does because this is likely part of a script that
> > employees are allowed to use in public places.
> > 
> 
> ROTFL !!
> 
> Yeah, HPers all line up and are handed the scripts for the day. We then then
> dutiful go out to newsgroups and spread the gospel.
> 
> :-) :-)
> 
> Come on .. get real. No one at HP tells anyone at HP what they can say or
> not say in public forums.
> 
> HP does have guidelines and policies on proper etiquette and respecting 
> company confidentiality, but all large companies have these types of policies 
> in place.
> 
> And fwiw, when I post something, I never hide behind a ghost email address.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kerry Main
> Senior Consultant
> HP Services Canada
> Voice: 613-797-4937
> Fax: 613-591-4477
> kerryDOTmainAThpDOTcom
> (remove the DOT's and AT)
> 
> OpenVMS - the secure, multi-site OS that simply works
> 
Quite correct on all counts.  Kerry is owed thanks for listening, for responding, and for signing his opinions.

My company always requires oversight before I comment on things involving them, and I cannot just blog if the issue could effect public perception, since it is a publicly-traded company.

TANSTASFL
--
Norman F. Raphael
"Everything worthwhile eventually 
degenerates into real work." -Murphy





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