[Info-vax] IT shops call on HP and Oracle to kiss and make up

[Paul Sture]

In article <00AB694F.3657E468 at SendSpamHere.ORG>,
 VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:

> In article <paul.nospam-A33083.19341308102011 at pbook.sture.ch>, Paul Sture 
> <paul.nospam at sture.ch> writes:
> >
> >When Alphas first started shipping I was keen to find a vacancy which 
> >would give me experience of them, but the only vacancies on offer were 
> >insisting on only talking to folks who already had Alpha experience, as 
> >if it was some dark and mysterious skill to have.
> >
> >I was therefore very impressed when I finally got my hands on an Alpha 
> >system (at V6.1) to see how much like the VAX version it was, at least 
> >from a system management point of view.
> 
> From a system programing point of view too.  It's VMS!

You know that. I know that.

But try to explain that to some HR department who wouldn't let you talk 
to the people who mattered.  It was frustrating.

One of the funniest job ads I saw was one for an OS/400 operator. "Must 
have 4 years experience of OS/400" it said, but the platform had only 
started shipping about 6 months before.

-- 
Paul Sture