[Info-vax] Powerterm version 9.2.0

[VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG]

In article <8qvv4pFj4sU2 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>In article <00AAA711.A4A8A2F5 at sendspamhere.org>,
>	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>> 
>> 
>> I have no problems at all with xterm or DECterm on Linux.  This is at a
>> customer site that's using WEENDOZE -- poor hapless sods -- and running
>> this Powerterm for terminal emulation.  
>> 
>> There is no WEENDOZE here.  Never had it; never will.  I have never had
>> a need that couldn't be realized on a Mac or Linux or VMS systems.  
>
>Really?  Seems to me that you need it to support this customer.  Sure
>sounds like a "need" to me.  Unless your going to tell this and any
>other potential customers using Windows to just buzz off.  How would that
>affect the bottom line in a world dominated by Windows?

No, I don't.  There's nothing wrong with the product in question.  This
customer has moved to Itanium and, since they didn't see the problem in
the past on Alpha, they're willing to complain that it's a problem with
this particular product.  As we all know, there haven't been *any* bugs
in OpenVMS Itanium. :rolleyes:  I will, if I do do this, only be invest-
igating to point the finger in the right direction.  You have also glos-
sed over the concept of software maintenance.  I won't see a penny more
if I do this.  All I'll get is the peace of mind to say:  WEENDOZE, the
only winning move is not to play!  A single login and 2 minutes can tell
whether or not there's a "product" problem.  Like I said before, xterm
and DECterm don't display it.  Real terminals don't display it.  It's a
WEENDOZE/Powerterm issue or an OpenVMS Itanium process quota issue.  It
isn't the product; it only exposes it.  Sort of like guns don't commit
murder! ;)



>>                                                             Why
>> do people insist on tormenting themselves with WEENDOZE?
>
>Becasue it pays the mortgage, which is more than people here have been
>saying about VMS lately.

It never put a penny into my bank account or toward my mortgage.  There
is no need for it for what I do.

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