[Info-vax] Poulson at hot-chips 2011

[Michael Kraemer]

JF Mezei schrieb:

> There was a lot of hope
> initially. (remember the ads with the "VMS" petrol pump (not "openVMS",
> it was written "VMS").

Simple explanation:
"OpenVMS" didn't fit on the petrol pump,
as opposed to "UNIX" and "NT",
except if it were written in a smaller font.
But then the usual suspects would have complained
that "OpenVMS" is on display only as a footnote...