[Info-vax] HP short of ideas - hiring dancers for inspiration

[MG]

On 26-apr-2013 12:20, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> MG wrote 2013-04-26 11:57:
>> On 26-apr-2013 3:54, David Froble wrote:
>>> Keith Parris wrote:
>>>> HP has continued to spend millions of dollars on a continuing basis on
>>>> OpenVMS.
>>>
>>> I've been told, by someone who'd know, that for less than 1/2 of just
>>> one of those billions VMS could be running on x86.  Wouldn't really need
>>> the itanic then, at least for VMS.
>>
>> But then those supposed Bs are likely just BS.
>>
>>   - MG
>
> Hm, I don't get it...
> When did "millions" become equal to "billions" ?

Mr. Buzzkill to the rescue!

Idea: Ask the person I was replying to who brought up that figure...?

Also, I find it about equally /likely/ that it would be anywhere near
or even over a (few) million.  In fact, I'd even be surprised if it's
more than a few hundred grand.  (Outsourcing to India and laying off
highly competent, former-DEC original developers/maintainers, doesn't
exactly scream *MILLIONS*!)

  - MG