[Info-vax] OpenVMS.Org quick pool

[Paul Sture]

On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:50:21 -0500, Bob Koehler wrote:

> In article <g17cg9-03k2.ln1 at news1.chingola.ch>, Paul Sture
> <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>> 
>> I would call it unfortunate rather than stupid.  I am sure there were
>> corners of code best left behind in getting a port out on time and on
>> budget.
> 
>    The kind of short-term, bottom-line thinking that's been sinking
>    companies forever.

Well yes.  But there were also a lot of folks depending on the way
VAX/VMS worked.  I can imagine there were instances where updating the 
code could have broken stuff that worked before.  That involves risk 
control and somebody somewhere had to make that call.

There's always a compromise.

-- 
Paul Sture