[Info-vax] Sears.com will be listing OpenVMS books some time in January

[seasoned_geek]

On Nov 30, 6:11 pm, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <8b76ed6e-baad-4d71-9eae-ffdbb1f0f... at g21g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>, seasoned_geek <rol... at logikalsolutions.com> writes:
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> >Right now when you go to Sears.com and search for "OpenVMS" you only
> >see a listing for Reflections.  In a few months, you will see many
> >more OpenVMS titles there.
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> Maybe HP can sell OpenVMS to Sears.  I can see it now...
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> Sears OpenVMS
> Featuring:
> Sears OpenVMS Clustering with DieHard Distributed Lock Manager
> Craftsman CMS, MMS, PCA, LSE, and DTM and Kenmore compilers
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> I could then patronize the Apple store and Sears in a single Mall visit to
> solace my inner geek.
>
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> All your spirit rack abuses, come to haunt you back by day.
> All your Byzantine excuses, given time, given you away.

I was thinking more along the lines of people telling you OpenVMS
isn't mainstream and you being able to tell them "You can buy a book
on it at Sears, the same time you are buying dress shirts, a suit, and
power tools.  How much more mainstream do you have to be?"

Speaking of such things...have there been any more "OpenVMS laptops"
surfacing?  I'm not talking about some God awful Charon catastrophe,
I'm talking about Alpha or Itanium laptops.  I mean if they already
have blades, there should be at least a few lunchbox computers out
there and one or two sewing machines.