[Info-vax] What is VMS?

[ChrisQ]

On 12/20/11 19:22, Bob Eager wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:40:11 -0800, seasoned_geek wrote:
>
>> Nobody with the tiniest shred of ethics would even consider doing
>> business with Amazon.com, and now you have a shining example as to why.
>
> Crap. Why? It's an open, free market...isn't that the American dream?
>
> It's a third party seller using the Amazon shop. If it was in print,
> Amazon would sell it at list price or below. No one is forced to pay that
> price.
>
>> It would be interesting to see what happens if someone actually was dim
>> witted enough to order from Amazon.com since I would never fill such an
>> order.
>
> Why would you? Someone is selling their used copy.
>
>> with ask.com
>> http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-minimum-you-need-to-know-to-be-an-
> openvms-application-developer-roland-hughes/1007784093
>>
>> with google
>> http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-minimum-you-need-to-know-to-be-an-
> openvms-application-developer-roland-hughes/1007784093
>> and it actually shows the $90 price in the little snippet
>
> So, they have old stock; presumably Amazon sold all theirs and you got
> the royalties.
>

Sorry to quibble, but do you work for them or something ?. Have heard 
several
stories about amazon recently, none of them complementary. Their book 
prices
are no bargain anymore and someone else who ordered memory from them 
found the
price doubled on receipt.

They may have been pretty straight at one time, but not so sure now...

Regards,

Chris