[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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