[Info-vax] The true believers

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <ibb5ae$a1a$1 at speranza.aioe.org>, "Richard Maher"
<maher_rj at hotspamnotmail.com> writes: 

> "Main, Kerry" <Kerry.Main at hp.com> wrote in message 
> news:mailman.34.1289187239.15866.info-vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com...
> wrote:- lots of good stuff as usual
> 
> Tell 'em all to bugger off Kerry! If they had half your ticker and 
> commitment VMS would be in a much better place today.
> 
> Not one of them works in a place that doesn't routinely apply Windows and 
> Linux patches on a fix-on-fail suck-it-and-see approach and the "quality" of 
> VMS of late has as much to do with the self-serving filth HP/VMS kept as it 
> does with those that were cut.

While I haven't (yet) contributed to this thread, I claim that it is 
simply not true that all critics of Mr Main fit the above description.

It is possible to stand behind something in principle, based on its 
past legacy, its future promise or its current strengths.  However, 
this should not make one blind to real problems.  Reminds me of the 
early space programme---an ambitious undertaking, comparable with VMS as 
far as total ingenuity involved.  However, early test pilots were often 
too gung-ho to point out real problems.